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Post by Peter on Jan 2, 2023 12:33:19 GMT
May I wish everyone a great 2023 and may we see more cars on the road and supporting the club at shows after what was a disappointing year.
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Post by Peter on Jan 2, 2023 12:29:20 GMT
Been there, done that. Actuators with 8" stroke (50 Lbs lift at my doors point). take about 8 seconds to open and close, Linec are the best but cost about 5 times the price of Chinese ones but are quieter and more powerful.
Mounting the electric operated latches in the sill with the retainers in the doors simplifies the electronics.
I used a transducer coded to my phone Bluetooth so car only enabled when I was within 3 meters of it. This activated an 80Amp relay for the ignition circuit which enabled the push to start button system, which was not a simple button but a whole relay system needing brake light on to work.
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Post by Peter on Nov 15, 2022 13:25:57 GMT
Unfortunately I don't think any of your designs are road legal.
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Post by Peter on Oct 21, 2022 18:39:50 GMT
Down but not out, thanks to my younger brother in Alabama who has bought a CIMBRIA. Crazy bugger is tipping into it and done more in a month than most do on a year including new left floor ( dropped 4") moving gearshift back. And tackling really bad doors with metal internal frame.
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Post by Peter on Oct 21, 2022 12:07:52 GMT
There's a red eagle rv on the Facebook forum that's being broken for spares, looks too good to break, just wondered why. I can't get into the Facebook forum to ask. It's not a "Facebook forum", just my Face book age for Eagle owners, so make sure your friends' request is approved. reason for wanting to be on there is required to stop all the nutters and commercial requests.
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Post by Peter on Oct 21, 2022 12:03:50 GMT
Possibly another 'mined' kit car for the Ford parts. I would go for it as wheels are cheap enough and a different engine gearbox not too difficult to fit, just a matter of moving mountings, nice Toyota for instance.
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Post by Peter on Oct 18, 2022 14:24:49 GMT
Graham has agreed to take on the web site so look forward for a few changes, I'm sure.
It has been a LONG time since the first site build and although I have enjoyed it there comes a time when enough is enough and I slip quietly into the background and I hand it on.
It has been great, and I hope I have been of some help and encouragement over the decades.
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Post by Peter on Oct 16, 2022 12:21:10 GMT
Just goes to show the diversity in thinking when it comes to interior design.
A very large part of the automobile design course is ergonomics and art and working within given parameters and constraints.
Making a design 'flow' was the professors pet thing, it needed to look as if was evolved and not 'plonked on', easy to use and practical. I like to call it "the fuzzy feeling" I have often mentioned. it must look like it meant to be there from day one.
This has been achieved in no uncertain way by Brett on the Nova forum with using a Ford Fiesta dash as the basis and making the rest of the trim 'flow' from that. David, Islandman) has also used a stock dash from one of the many small cars available around Singapore and again with an extension to reach the screen, made it look like it was always that way.
One has to bear in mind that what you choose has to be compatible, no good choosing a dash which is impossible to interface with the mechanicals. Speedo revs per mile being one, no good having a speedo calibrated at 1200 if your drive is doing 1000 or a smart digital dash if it has to work through an ECU you don't have.
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Post by Peter on Oct 12, 2022 12:47:05 GMT
There are only three limitations on kit car design, your imagination, your wallet and your skills.
If you look back through the build posts, which is the idea of a forum, you will see that a flat slab across and standard dials and a simple radio on the passenger's side is the usual way to go.
Only things to watch for when buying clocks is revs per mile on speedo match revs per mile of speedo cable, (easy on a beetle as it's about 740 off of the standard front wheel) and the tachometer (best from donor car) is matching the number of cylinders, usually four. The rest is up to you.
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Post by Peter on Oct 5, 2022 14:37:17 GMT
Not on register, so there are a few out there on the road I don't know about. Taxed and MoT'd. I will add it to the register as unknown owner at Atherston.
Vehicle make EAGLE RV Date of first registration March 1981 Year of manufacture 1981 Cylinder capacity 1993 cc CO₂ emissions Not available Fuel type PETROL Euro status Not available Real Driving Emissions (RDE) Not available Export marker No Vehicle status Taxed Vehicle colour WHITE Vehicle type approval Not available Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY Revenue weight Not available Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 26 April 2022
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New Rv
Sept 28, 2022 10:14:20 GMT
Post by Peter on Sept 28, 2022 10:14:20 GMT
The IVA problem is there is too much space between bumper and wing so the dreaded ball test fails. The rest seems OK.
As far as which RV passed it will mean a search through the forum.
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New Rv
Sept 22, 2022 9:22:41 GMT
Post by Peter on Sept 22, 2022 9:22:41 GMT
Hi Greg, I was looking at that one too, it's a shame the guy sold off the hard top and doors separately (especially the rear door) It's a nice new body etc, but I think your difficulty will be getting it through the dreaded IVA test to get it registered and a V5 issued. What engine are you thinking of using? IVA has been done on a RV, just need to fill in gaps between mudguards and bumpers as far as I remember. BMW E30 man myself keep it simple. other than the injection CU nothing complicated, modern BMWs give me nightmares and I have been a mechanic/auto electrician since 1965, Currently fully servicing and overhauling a Mercedes W168 A170CDi and repair of auto box, (K1 clutch, again), (engine, subframe etc. all out). headaches abound.
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Post by Peter on Sept 22, 2022 9:19:23 GMT
Click, "Register of known Eagles· above.
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Post by Peter on Sept 8, 2022 18:50:45 GMT
A very sad day. she will alays be "the Queen" to people the world over and will b missed greatly.
Lets hope King Charles has better fortune then MKI and II.
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Post by Peter on Aug 30, 2022 12:09:21 GMT
Even more progress Chris, ever onwards and one day you may get it done, (finished is not a word I use anymore relative to kit cars)
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Post by Peter on Aug 30, 2022 12:01:57 GMT
Welcome to the forum and thank you for joining the club. I am sure the forum will be a great source of help in the months or years ahead. We love pictures. lots of them. It's all about the car.
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Post by Peter on Aug 11, 2022 11:40:39 GMT
The early Eagle chassis were the same for RV and SS and followed the VW footprint, the later chassis was a straight ladder frame but still the same for RV and SS,
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Post by Peter on Aug 3, 2022 10:46:35 GMT
Garage work held up for a couple of weeks as the water pump on the Suzuki has a crack in it and leaked so 53€ and one on the way from eBay. More time to clean up and make even more room.
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Post by Peter on Jul 29, 2022 11:36:47 GMT
Empty space but the SS is in a very nice garage and as soon as I get time after the following I will spend a day or three up in Malaga 'helping' Jose with it. The garage is about to be filled again with my dead 2001 Mercedes A170CDi. I will undertake an engine/auto gearbox removal and repair, a big job for a couple of younger, fitter guys but I do save over a grand in doing it myself.
Parts from China have cleared customs after a heart stopping week where at DHL clearance aduana, (customs) they questioned the declared value of $150 (actually cost $766, Shhh) but finally arrived at DHL Malaga sorting at 10.25 this morning from Seville so should be out for delivery tomorrow. shipping wasn't too bad by DHL $180 and tax was $51, Dollar and Euro are about same at the moment. Buying stuff from UK is about the same in tax etc but prices are really high now so might as well wait a week more and save a lot.
Sport seats, reclining, from Alibaba are from about $75 so for a pair and shipping and tax you are looking at $280 a pair which is less than one from a UK shop. .
"Mercedes make their own gearboxes", they say BUT, Made by Siemens with parts from all over including China where I bought a new 1st K1 clutch and a recon' TCM. and the car is a Chrysler anyway.
Bit of back pain but I just work through it, managed to change the brake pads on the old Honda Civic Tuesday and still able to walk, just.
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Post by Peter on Jul 29, 2022 11:16:07 GMT
Shades of the earlier shows in the 90s when it was pretty much RV land. I hope some SSs and others come out of the woodwork next year I know Chaz's SS is road ready, just mothballed in a garage somewhere and a couple of others. Jose Miguel and I might make it to a show next year but as I am getting ancient and he is a doctor timing is everything.
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Post by Peter on Jul 27, 2022 10:27:30 GMT
Sadly bad health got in the way of finishing it.. I've had 2 other Cortina based RV's over the years but,the RV 4X4 V8 sleeps... I guess I'll have to part with it soon It will be hard, I know. but all good things come to an end and I am putting some of Ukhozi money into rebuilding my 2001 Mercedes A170dci, Getting parts from China is a nightmare.
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Post by Peter on Jul 27, 2022 10:20:29 GMT
Great day out by the look of it 4 Eagles is an improvement, I only wish just some of those with Eagles I KNOW could be on the the road would make the effort.
Great the see the flag still going strong, been a few years now.
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Post by Peter on Jul 27, 2022 10:16:43 GMT
So to hear the bad news, I hope all good in a day or two. best wishes to 'er in doors or rather 'er in bed.
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Post by Peter on Jul 17, 2022 13:05:40 GMT
Since donated to Jose Miguel as his SS hybrid has same early MkI windows.
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Post by Peter on Jul 12, 2022 10:14:00 GMT
Gurkins
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Post by Peter on Jul 8, 2022 11:59:54 GMT
What an empty shed and heart look like, missing Ukhozi a lot already. Good news is the Suzuki got some premium time and is running again, pissing oil out of the left crank seal (easy fix for 11€) but running again.
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Post by Peter on Jun 30, 2022 19:16:12 GMT
The SS has a new home in Malaga. Jose Miguel de Linares Solares came with a truck and it is now snug in his collection in Malaga. I have a standing invitation to visit and help out so not gone entirely.
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Post by Peter on Jun 26, 2022 12:56:09 GMT
Finally got to visit my friend Jose Miguel de Linares in Malaga, some 10 minuets East of the harbour. Unfortunately my phone battery that has been doing the GPS bit finding it had died so no photos. Should have taken my Pentax K200.
He has a super 'man cave' in a storage unit complete with hi-gloss floor and white walls and a on suite and mini kitchen in a separate room in the back corner with a mezzanine floor for storage.
In there under some impressive poster, banners and signs made by himself mostly is a beautiful blue BMW 750i E32 in full Alpine trim.
A replica Paris/Dakar Yamaha enduro and of course the red SS.
A few months ago Jose bought the car from a guy in Madrid 530Km away and drove it home with only a short stop on the way, brave man and puts some of you guys to shame.
The car is interesting in that I don't recognise it as a 'true MkII, yes it has the 928 separate nose but it has early MkI side windows (with 3 x 6mm holes), no internal tubing in the body and a separate roll bar behind the seats. fuel tank up under the rear deck/window, the rear window is glass and has a small 'eyebrow' which hangs over the top of the glass by about 3cm and seems to be vented to the cabin which seems a good idea.
The engine lid has the ribs opened nicely and there is a F40 style wing which is a bit on the heavy side and looks like it is part of the body as there are no signs of a joint. Side scoops are opened but not connected to engine bay, yet.
Doors are MkI without the extra reinforcement of the MkIII and the bottom strut support is very 'agricultural' 'L' shaped slab of rusting steel, soon to be improved on.
the bonnet is standard VW style with the normal single key lock at the rear.
Headlights are weird and more like the Nova with rectangular units fixed, I can see no indications of where the cross tube might have been for pop ups so I can only assume it never had any.
A pair of spotlight have been plonked on the nose and ruin the line of the car and are coming off.
The windscreen is the best part, it looks very new with the latest kite mark, obscuring band and plastic edging, functional but scruffy wiper pentagram does the job but needs tidying up.
Inside the seats and dash are 'sufficient' but will get updating'
Engine wise it is a standard 1600 twin port unit with single carb', heater tubes an all and really scruffy but runs well, two dents in the fan shroud show where the lid hits it.
Wheels are nice slots but will need some TLC before they get pitted. Goodyear tyres keep them off the floor. The front wheels are nicely centered and have clearance but the rears foul the back of the wheel arch and that will need fixing too.
I will get Jose to do a detailed photo shoot as soon as he stops playing with Ukhozi next week.
The grua, (recovery truck) with extra planks is booked for Thursday afternoon, (only 80€ from Elviria (East Marbella) to East Malaga is so cheap we couldn't believe it), so come next Friday my SS Ukhozi will be in there too and I know it will get finished properly and be great but Jose Miguel will need to learn some skill for sure. he has hinted I may have to 'visit' him a few times though. I had the engine fired up Saturday and it runs great but needs serious carbs' tuning as it will not tick over and the odd spit from #3. It doesn't sound like a 'normal' VW chug chug either. With the lighter crank, flywheel, rods, etc it spins up much faster and smoother than a standard VW.
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Post by Peter on Jun 26, 2022 12:12:36 GMT
Been around that a few times flat out up to 1969 and got sensible, not that fast, some 70mph slower in fact. in the days of Agostini, Duke, Hailwood, Dunlop, Hislop and Co. but very scary as there are virtually no safety barriers etc. My little Girelli was a pig to ride, shook, wiggled and screamed and all I could do was hang on tight. Seemed to take all day to ride a lap on a little bike, no wonder they scrapped small capacities.
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Post by Peter on Jun 17, 2022 10:56:27 GMT
Whilst sorting out all SS related stuff in the 'shed' I cam across a pair of NOS early MKI side windows in 3mm glass with 6mm holes, I have them in a protective case but shipping etc might be expensive. would swap for Mk III ones.
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