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Post by Peter on Mar 22, 2018 11:37:34 GMT
SLUSH
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Post by Peter on Mar 20, 2018 13:16:59 GMT
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Post by Peter on Mar 20, 2018 12:45:02 GMT
PRIVET
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Post by Peter on Mar 20, 2018 12:44:14 GMT
Seems we are back again.
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Post by Peter on Mar 18, 2018 13:30:20 GMT
Having problems logging into the EOC web site. anyone else?
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Post by Peter on Mar 18, 2018 13:29:23 GMT
STICK
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Post by Peter on Mar 11, 2018 11:58:26 GMT
That colour got me all nostalgic for my daily drive 40 years ago. Apollo scoop an' all. Attachment DeletedCoincidentally dig the reg number.
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Post by Peter on Mar 11, 2018 11:52:05 GMT
PIT lane
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Post by Peter on Mar 11, 2018 11:51:18 GMT
What about one of the companies that specialise in OE digi dash repairs,they should know how many pulses in order to bench test and re-calibrate them. Tried a couple and as I wasn't a "customer" AKA paying any cash, they were not very helpful.
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Post by Peter on Mar 8, 2018 13:43:40 GMT
So where am I at the moment? Having just got over the 'killer' flu which dammed near saw me off I am back and plodding on. I did the ACC wire for the radio so just the blue LED and buzzer for the proximity switch to build in and the console can be fitted finally. The two tiny 'blind spot' cameras that sit behind the door openings work but the only place to put the 4" screen is in front of the steering wheel. The right hand side pod of the dash is OK and can be fitted but the left side will need an aperture 8" x 3" made, not too difficult but it will have to be in front of the duct pipe as I don't fancy changing all that. I will place a switch for the monitors in the small space to the right of the steering wheel below the centre line trim so I can turn them on or off. Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAttachment DeletedHaving decided that a front wheel ABS ring is the best way to send the correct pulses to the Astra GTe digi-dash I just need to get the correct number of pulses sorted. Every time I ask on a forum for the Corsa I get conflicting advise and most people go on about the switches on the speedo for differ size wheels and the different transponder in the gear box, none of which is relevant as I just need to know "how many pulses reach the speedo every mile at 60 MPH", I can then engineer that into the number of teeth at 740 wheel revs per mile. i.e. 15000 Pulses Per Mile / 740 wheel revs Per Mile = 20 pulses (teeth) per rev. The nearest so far is the later transponder does 6 pulses per rev and two revs per wheel rev so 12 pulses per wheel rev (8880), but that is on a 175/65-13" wheel and I have 15" (235/60-15) ?? Or I will have to fit my drill with a disc and a strobe strip for my strobe rev' counter and set it at 740RPM connected to the speedo and add 'teeth until I get 60 mph on the clock. but I need a starting point.
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Post by Peter on Mar 7, 2018 15:43:33 GMT
Bar-B-Q
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Post by Peter on Mar 5, 2018 14:00:46 GMT
SWIMMING
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Post by Peter on Mar 1, 2018 11:42:00 GMT
After the demise of Eagle Cars Ltd in 1998 there were several attempts to make the RV and one for the SS (Tim Naylor's TEAC) at that time Tim's associate had the RV including the 4x4 but nothing came of it and when the bailiffs loomed large the molds were either seized or disappeared. no one apart from him knows for sure. The "Eagle Cars" brand is no longer registered so anyone could resurrect it and as far as I can find out Tim Dutton didn't register either car as a copyright design as the RV was already a copy of the CJ6 and the SS came from the Cimbria (not the Stirling/Nova).
I have tried to contact Tim on several occasions but understandably he does not wish to return to that time as it was a bad one having sunk a great deal of time and money and I guess strained his family life and to no end. The SS moulds were sold on Ebay about 2009 to someone in Wexford but have disappeared.
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Post by Peter on Feb 26, 2018 12:31:01 GMT
BERT
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Post by Peter on Feb 26, 2018 12:28:13 GMT
I acquired an brochure from pilgrim, some nice pics in it, including one of the chassis, seems they were supplied galvanised, or could be how long or how many did pilgrim produce the rv for ? View AttachmentFollowing the demise of Eagle Cars Ltd in 1998 the RV Eagle spent a short time under Pilgrim management between 1998 – 2004 before being sold. The eagle has been in production for 34 years under different management groups.
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Post by Peter on Feb 26, 2018 12:25:12 GMT
I capped both my Ford RV and my Daihatusu RV chassis nut filled mine with Waxoil. Just 'FERRYL RUSTOIL it.
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Post by Peter on Feb 26, 2018 12:23:40 GMT
I would take a step back from the original and have a hard look at where the weak points are and if you can adapt it for say a Sierra axle and would a 5 speed fit, then make it. All the best with the project I a sure it is not going to be a quickie but a goodie. Peter
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Post by Peter on Feb 24, 2018 13:22:43 GMT
Gavin is still plodding on and I have now identified the SS. it was the one rescued from under a load of bushes alongside a wall and had the rear panel chopped out and then dumped in a field abandoned.
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Post by Peter on Feb 24, 2018 13:19:55 GMT
And a year on, how is it running, haven't seen it since. Now TWO years on. try VGY for photos as Photobucket has gone .
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Post by Peter on Feb 24, 2018 13:17:56 GMT
And nearly a year on?
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Post by Peter on Feb 24, 2018 13:15:47 GMT
REGAL
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Post by Peter on Feb 8, 2018 15:02:09 GMT
I can see where the changes were made. basically the front and rear are much the same to take the Cortina running gear but the main rails are straight instead of following the VW footprint. Attachment DeletedKinda likea dis. As you can see the VW footprint version is much heavier with more bracing than the later one, no wonder so many people have modified the later one.
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Post by Peter on Feb 7, 2018 12:54:10 GMT
Although I have not been able to do much lately, - the old, "Have time, no money, have money, no time", syndrome strikes again. I am at a stage where with one additional wire for an ACC feed to the radio so I can have that on switched by the proximity relay along with the Ignition/start button, I just need to finish the dash sides and the door panels. mechanically the only problem are the brakes where the rear master has jammed in and the front master will not move at all, so off with it all and sort that out, I may up the size of the front cylinder (Land Rover clutch) as it has to pump the 8 pistons on the Wilwoods not the 4 of the Mazda RX calipers I had. The doors work, as can be seen on You tube, 7 seconds up and down but I am not happy with them as the whole door twists and maybe I can do a radical rethink on them and go for 'T' top roof sections and 'Lambo' or 'Enzo' door combo'.
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Post by Peter on Feb 7, 2018 12:25:41 GMT
I'm afraid that is not the shape of the RV chassis, it may be how it was intended but it was simplified. Unfortunately Terry that is the only one I have, if you have a newer version I would be pleased to add it to that page.
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Post by Peter on Feb 6, 2018 13:05:04 GMT
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Post by Peter on Feb 2, 2018 12:09:36 GMT
(Don't mind if I do.) THANKS
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Post by Peter on Feb 1, 2018 11:44:49 GMT
TWICE
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Post by Peter on Jan 29, 2018 11:45:21 GMT
Album
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Post by Peter on Jan 22, 2018 12:18:17 GMT
As far as I know UMM didn't make the EAGLE RV as such but as the RV is based on the Jeep CJ6 anything like it looks like one. ALL Eagle production ceased in 1999 with the closure of Eagle cars Ltd. Since then there have been a few attempts to make both the RV and the SS again with Pilgrim and a couple of others producing variations of the RV and Poly-Creations have the SS available again. Jeep CJ6 Attachment DeletedEagle RV (Ford) Attachment Deleted
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Post by Peter on Jan 22, 2018 12:02:31 GMT
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