Yes, I'll almost certainly end up getting something else in the end. At this point its just my obsessive-compulsiveness driving me to find out exactly what these rare pedals were, so I can appreciate what I missed out on.
Originally Posted by
vtchuck
BTW, the number stamped on the pedal body is L87
I think "L87" on those pedals must be a month/year date code (which seems to have been common):
A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7, H=8, I=9, J=10, K=11, L=12.
So "L87" would mean the 12th month of 1987.
See
Date of Manufacture of Bicycle Components can be used to date a bike: component dating
1987 would fit in well with the timeline of the Raleigh Olympian years (1985-1986) which seem to have come factory equipped with those pedals.