There is a statement on page 116 in the latest issue about Les being "a nice guy". I attended the 2010 Japanese Classic Car Show and I got to talk to both Les and John Morton. I went through the entire car show and circled back and started talking to Les again about Datsun's (imagine that). He was so friendly and willing to talk to me forever - I even got caught in one of the official JCCS pictures talking to him in his lawn chair as we talked more about roadsters.
And that roadster he restored? It is one of the best restorations I have ever seen - both the 2 cars on display are kidney selling cars.