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Post by mell0rman on Sept 23, 2013 21:15:27 GMT
Sounds like moving panels etc from the eagle to a nice all done working car is not really the way forward, I've had a interesting chat with my local garage owner about them doing work on mine and getting it through the MOT. The owner of the garage said that "he has MOT’ed a few kit cars in the last few months and a couple have had problems when they then tried to tax them". He said the DVLA would not tax them without further inspection and one owner had to change quite a few things at a costly expense (a cobra type) I’m presuming that these KITCARs were not new KIT cars but older ones, as they would need to be on the DVLA database for the MOT....I presume could be wrong. Anyone know about this kind of thing. Would be worried to throw second hand car money at my project and then find out I could not tax it after all without further examinations! My V5 shows eagle so thought I only needed a MOT to get it on the road
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Post by mell0rman on Sept 20, 2013 12:35:54 GMT
My project has gone nowhere fast, I contacted quite a few KITCAR rebuild companies, but no one ever came back to me once pictures were sent in etc. You'd have thought these people would want the work. So still trying to get someone to do it for me :-)
Toying with the idea of buying another donor car MX5 maybe or some V8 engine car, cutting the panels down from the eagle to mould to a donor car then off the the body shop, would save a lot of work, yes cheating!!! and may upset DVLA and the purists out thier who say it can not be done, but there has to be way to push projects like these forward within a reasonable time, from what I see these projects go on for ages. I need mine done by summer 2014 thats my date fixed now and working towrds it
Anyone done anything similar
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Post by mell0rman on Sept 20, 2013 12:27:49 GMT
Did any one else buy a windowscreen? I was contacted by one guy who said he was ordering one but never found anything further.
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Post by mell0rman on Sept 20, 2013 12:11:45 GMT
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Post by mell0rman on Nov 12, 2012 12:58:30 GMT
Indeed it would. Was promised a quote by now but still nothing
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Post by mell0rman on Oct 28, 2012 21:36:53 GMT
Been in touch with a few places whom advertised doing kit car builds but none ever really came back to me when presented with my project. Until I came across GPA cars last week. The chap I spoke to seemed knowledgeable and knew the type of chassis an eagle ss had from memory, as I think he built one in the 80's. During the chat it seemed a good idea to start from fresh again, rip all wiring out, body off etc. They should come come back to me in the next 10 days with some prices for each stage of work. Hopefully we are both in the same ball park cost wise. They are also mindfull regarding the charging costs of work to car value once complete. I'm after nothing fancy just safe, all working and on the road. It would be early next year to start something like this for me and them. I have my fingeres crossed its not way out prices
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Post by mell0rman on Mar 23, 2012 20:54:25 GMT
Came across an advert on ebay about a KIT CAR build up service a few months ago, basically saying "if you have one stuck on the drive not going anywhere" that they will complete the build project or get the project up to a certain level , reasonable rates etc. etc. As my SS project does not seem to be progressing very fast at all, this kinda sounds like a solution to actually getting the SS on the road to be able to drive. I know some people may class it as cheating and half the fun of owning a car is building and tinkering, but I'm sure I will have much more fun driving it ,than keep seeing it on the drive feeling guilty at not spending enough time on it. Yes it will cost, but It will also save my time at weekends were I can make money on other projects. So swings and roundabouts I think on the money front , has anyone else been down this route ?
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Post by mell0rman on Mar 23, 2012 20:16:55 GMT
Just catching up, been away for a while, my screen fitted, think it came in around the £320 pounds Had to collect it though from down south, (Well a friend brought it up on his travels) Worth the bottle of whiskey reward I gave him.
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Post by mell0rman on Mar 26, 2011 16:07:16 GMT
Hi Tonis The contact is called Peter Swann. Email Address is Peter.Swann@nsg.com They are a large factory so I'm sure they can arrange shipping for you Cheers Andy
ps I think the part number is on one of these threads
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Post by mell0rman on Jan 30, 2011 17:33:33 GMT
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Post by mell0rman on Jan 29, 2011 17:47:12 GMT
The new screen is a huge improvement on the last one. The picture shows the new screen at the bottom, which as you can see the curve is a lot lower. I have removed most of the fiber glass modifications I did on my frame as this new screen was touching the modifications and preventing it sitting in the frame cleanly. The result is much better fit. If I was being critical, I would say it is still sat a little higher than the original did, but this may be down to the modifications I did on my frame. And to be fair I can not remember how well the original sat, as it was covered in thick perished sealant. An unexpected visitor called in mid flow of this operation and it went dark, so been unable to photograph the screen sat in the frame. Will try a photo this Sunday
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Post by mell0rman on Jan 20, 2011 21:52:14 GMT
I not had chance to try it yet ,the eagle is outside. It always seems to be dark & cold when I have any spare time to give.
I really want it in the car, safest place for me, I scared to death of knocking the screen over which is propped up inside my garage.
I do not think I will make it this weekend working again, but will try for the following weekend. As soon as I have done it, I will update again.
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Post by mell0rman on Dec 22, 2010 19:47:14 GMT
Picked up the second screen today. Hopefully over Christmas I may get time to undo the previous work and offer the screen up for size. That's providing the large ice cube on the drive has thawed out and I can get to it without to much digging of snow. Unless someone knows another eagle near me without a screen which we could test with (South Yorkshire / Humberside area)
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Post by mell0rman on Dec 14, 2010 14:00:43 GMT
Just recieved this email Andrew All finished. Glass is now the same as your original. Have put the glass in our despatch area for you to collect. Am 99.9% sure it will fit, assuming your original glass fitted ok Thanks,
So just need to get the glass and unmodify the body work. never a dull moment with SS Windscreens
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Post by mell0rman on Nov 12, 2010 9:18:39 GMT
Just recived an e-mail from Pilkington out the blue Andy Decided we would build new tooling to your glass and take the tooling costs ourselves. Should be testing in about a week Thanks, ;D ;D ;D but I have just modified my car body keep you updated
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Post by mell0rman on Nov 2, 2010 19:38:05 GMT
Had a rare combination today, of a day of work and it being a sunny day. So thought about picking up on the windscreen adventure. By slacking off the windscreen wiper nuts this showed there was enough flex in the body for it to move up and meet the screen. To make the body stay and not spring back after, I did the following. Drilled a few small hole about a inch from the lip , cut lines down to these using the trusty jigsaw. Had to widen a few of these gaps as when the body pushed up the gaps closed in on themselves. Pushed up the body to the glass and held it in place with wooden batters & string (all technical here) Removed the windscreen again (ooh me back) and fiber glassed over the cuts. Added a black clothes dye to the resin (genius idea!). As the inner trim and windscreen adhesive will cover most of this patch, I only need to worry about smoothing out the outer edge later on. Once the fiber glass set, it holds in the new position and a lot better fit. The job was not that bad as I thought. Easy for me to work on as my car is not in pristine condition (work in progress)...how many are not
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Post by mell0rman on Aug 20, 2010 19:53:10 GMT
Just back of my Holidays and catching up. Yes the problem is we are small fry Pilkington, They could get an exact match but it would cost for the tooling jig to be made or a large order either way thats not happening. So the current screen is as is without any set up costs, which to me is a lot better than were I was with no screen. Thanks for the advise, will post some pictures when done. Still think the trim is a quick and easy fix. Might try that first to see what the results look like. Can alway peel it off it it looks nasty.
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Post by mell0rman on Aug 20, 2010 19:40:30 GMT
Just like the bus nothing for ages then two at once
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Post by mell0rman on Aug 4, 2010 15:07:01 GMT
Well thought about removing some of the inner lip fiberglass around the windscreen frame to allow the screen to drop in more but after a lot more thinking decided its a no. Also thought about cutting the top where it joins the body and then just bending the frame up (always great-full for more head room and vision) but again thinking nope too much work. Now going off on a tangent slightly, I serviced the wife Chrysler the other day and to get to the spark plugs, I had to remove a lot of trim near the windscreen and wiper motor assembly stuff. What I did notice during this, is that the windscreen on the Chrysler is not sat in any lip recess, its its just stuck on with adhesive with about an inch gap to the body.
So going on this, I think I will just stick the glass in as it is which works for a Chrysler and then put some trim around the edge to hide the adhesive filler in the gap. The hight difference between my screen edge at the bottom where its suppose to meet the car body is 24 mil. So I should be able to cover this with trim.
I know its not the fairy tail ending we wanted, but its a lot better than no screen at all. I can not seen a better alternative.
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Post by mell0rman on Aug 2, 2010 13:21:11 GMT
Got a few days of this week so giving this a good coat of looking at to see what can be done.
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Post by mell0rman on Jul 23, 2010 8:05:13 GMT
Just sat pondering, I'm wondering if to suggest that the screen is left how it is and a slight modification to the lower edge of the car will have to be introduced or some sort of rubber. I personally do not think that they would get a return on investment if they have to make a specific tooling jig. I like that fact that if I make the change once I know I can get another screen anytime should it require it. Open to suggestions
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Post by mell0rman on Jul 22, 2010 12:34:42 GMT
Response as follows Your pattern did not look that far off on the Nova tooling – it’s a shame as it means the only option is for us to tool to the glass you supplied as a pattern ( assuming you are confident that it fits your car). Generally this is not something we do unless someone is funding the tooling, unless we feel that will recover our costs by selling a number of glasses How many glasses do you think we would sell in say a year?
I'm not sure what to suggest from the response I would think only a hand-full if that. I think there are a couple of similar kits which the glass may fit but cannot remember the names or if they exist in this country. May have to live with this as its the closest match.
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Post by mell0rman on Jul 18, 2010 20:14:51 GMT
Yep the original screen I sent them came out the car and fitted correctly. Amending all the frame is an option I did not really want to go down. Will see what they come back with, Its still early days. I think they have some more orders queued up but waiting for my results before progressing. .
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Post by mell0rman on Jul 18, 2010 9:50:14 GMT
It don't quite fit, sits about an inch off the bottom not bad every where else but not quite right will drop them a mail see what options we have
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Post by mell0rman on Jun 27, 2010 22:05:41 GMT
OOH.... out of hours. A large world wide logistics company whom we manage computer systems for, had performance issues and we had to role swap them back onto their main production system. I had to run with the project . I would have sooner been looking at the scenery sat in the car far pretty than an office wall in the middle of the night.
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Post by mell0rman on Jun 27, 2010 13:18:09 GMT
Well my screen is ready. ;D Should have it in the next week or so when my work colleague's can pick it for me and relay it back to me. Hope it all fits fingers crossed.
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Post by mell0rman on Jun 25, 2010 14:45:29 GMT
Sounds like its been a adventure wish I could have made it on Sunday. OOH calls made me work most of Saturday Night Sunday morning.
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Post by mell0rman on Jun 15, 2010 16:25:55 GMT
bherron don't worry about the daft bid. Not sure if this is a one time make only, the process may be straight forward, then again they run into problems and may not want to go through the process again. I would not like to take the risk of putting it off if I needed one, but thats me.
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Post by mell0rman on Jun 11, 2010 19:15:20 GMT
Its looking like just me then, No one else want one? What about the chap who owns the eagle moulds anybody know them to mention it to them?
Will put it on E-Bay worth an advertisement may help someone else
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Post by mell0rman on Jun 2, 2010 13:14:46 GMT
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Ok anyone need a Eagle SS windscreen. reply as follows Have placed your windscreen on the bending tool for the Nova, and they are very similar. Your glass is generally smaller and the top edge has a different curve – yours is flatter. I think what we can do is bolt on a shaped bar to the top edge of the existing bending tool, and make up a set of flat forms to give a glass size the same as your pattern. We can then “piggy back” your glass on the existing Nova tooling. I would estimate a glass piece price of £320.00 plus vat ex works – not packed. If you would like us to make the necessary tooling (temporary) modifications please let me know.
Have set this up on our system with a part number of A1881 CL ( clear) Normal delivery is 4 to 5 weeks depending on how busy we are – no problem with dealing with your club members direct.
The contact is Peter Swann Email Address = Peter.Swann@nsg.com I said to give it the next two weeks for any one wanting to place an order as well so that a few could be made when the tooling is set up. I have my order in.
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