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Post by neilsmith on Nov 5, 2016 16:09:40 GMT
That looks really good peter. It looks as though the bumper was made for the Eagle.
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Post by neilsmith on Oct 28, 2016 16:37:47 GMT
I have been working on the rear bumper. There was a lot of cracks in the gel coat that need repair. I sanded the whole bumper and covered it with some very fine grade fibre glass matting/ tissue. Now the next job is to cover the bumper with top quality filler and try to sand it back into shape. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on Oct 2, 2016 16:24:01 GMT
What I had to do was add some fibre glass matting and resin to fill in the hinge hole on the right hand side. I then had to re drill the hole for the hinge about 2mm back. This allowed the boot lid to fit better with an even shut line. The extra fibre glass should also help give the boot lid extra strength. There will still be some more work to do, to improve the bow across the back of the boot lid. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on Oct 2, 2016 16:15:32 GMT
I found that the boot lid did not fit very well, it was slightly bowed and also there was no gap on the right hand side rear where it meets the body.This made it difficult to close. There is also some cracks in the gel coat but I will repair this another time. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on Sept 18, 2016 16:59:51 GMT
This is a picture of my spare 'SS' chassis. You can see from the pictures that the rear spring mounts don't look very well put together. The chassis on my car is very much the same. Also I have found that on the ford based chassis the shock absorber mounting points are further back on the nearside than on the offside. Attachment Deleted[attachme
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Post by neilsmith on Sept 18, 2016 16:46:14 GMT
With your skills in model making in the film industry Helen, Do you think that you could make a small scale model of this for a small child? I could adapt a mobility scooter chassis to fit to the body.
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Post by neilsmith on Sept 11, 2016 5:09:18 GMT
I made this bracket to support the seat belt stalks that are bolted to the rear of the transmission tunnel on my car. It fits between the central longitudinal chassis rail and the under side of the transmission tunnel. I had to make it with 12mm spacer on the offside and a 26 mm spacer the other. This shows how the ford based Eagle chassis and body does not line up perfectly. But then you have to co consider the budget and time the company had when developing a ford based version of the 'SS' My car is a phase 2 and the phase 3 may be different. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on Aug 27, 2016 13:20:03 GMT
I have been working on a gear stick gaiter retaining device. The idea I came up with was to cut out some plastic sheet and bond three layers together with the centre piece the smallest diameter. this then screws down to the transmission tunnel and the rib on the inside of the gear stick gaiter is then located and held firmly in place. Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on Aug 14, 2016 10:55:19 GMT
I think this is just how the chassis is. I have a spare Eagle SS chassis and it looks very similar to your one. Also I have found with these cars that the chassis never seems to line up very well to the transmission tunnel, I think this is more to do with a moulding design imperfection. Also rear suspension mounting points look a little untidy. Having said that the chassis' does seem quite solid. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on Aug 7, 2016 18:53:42 GMT
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Post by neilsmith on Aug 7, 2016 18:50:32 GMT
Earlier in the year I picked up a second hand roll bar or seat belt mounting bar. I have recently painted and fitted the bar and drivers seat belt belt. I had to drill into the chassis and bolt it down as my car didn't have this seat belt arrangement fitted. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on Jul 3, 2016 15:57:46 GMT
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Post by neilsmith on Jul 3, 2016 15:27:33 GMT
I have been working on the door cards which were in a green gelcoat and hsd never been fitted. I have decided to paint them on this car rather than cover them. So I have painted them silver for now as I haven't seen another one this colour. Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on Jun 13, 2016 20:01:48 GMT
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Post by neilsmith on Jun 13, 2016 19:46:52 GMT
What type of glass fibre paste are you using? Where can I get some?
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Post by neilsmith on Jun 13, 2016 19:31:55 GMT
I have now gel coated the driver door in the same way as I did the passenger door. There was a little bit of blending in and filling The top of The door first. I have also painted The inside of both doors with satin black. Quite alot of work had to be done first to fill and smooth out where the inner and outer door shells were joined at the factory.eventually I will have both doors painted the same colour inside and out. Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted[attachment id="607" thumbnail=" I previously had to bond the inner and outer shells together around the perimeter of the side window, as this was not done by the factory.
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Post by neilsmith on May 30, 2016 18:35:55 GMT
Last year I had some stainless steel hinge plates made up for the gull wing doors. I had to make up new fibre glass panels for the tops of the doors. Over the last couple of weeks I Have been blending in the fibre glass repair with polyester filler on the top of the passenger door. I have now coated the repair with a white gel coat and the outside of the door is now just about ready for respraying. This I will have done at a later date. There is still some work to do where the inner and outer mouldings of the door are joined. Then I have the drivers door to fill and gel coat in the same way. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on May 21, 2016 5:21:57 GMT
It is a little difficult to read. You have to click on the image twice to enlarge it.
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Post by neilsmith on May 21, 2016 5:06:37 GMT
This article is from a 1987 kitcar magazine and I think it was just after the phase 3 eagle ss had been introduced. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on May 21, 2016 5:01:07 GMT
Thank you for that info. I have got some rotational vents in my dashboard. They demist the screen and can also be rotated to direct air to the driver. I got them from demon tweaks for about £10 each. My dash shape is different to yours though as the top slopes down at 45 degrees. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on May 19, 2016 18:53:06 GMT
This diagram shows how I have plumbed the heater in so that coolant flows through the auto choke when the heater valve is fully open or fully shut. This is done because I have fitted a bypass pipe. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on May 19, 2016 18:47:42 GMT
The valve is fitted to the right of the heater under the dashboard. But I think that the digital temperature controller is an excellent idea. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on May 19, 2016 18:44:24 GMT
On my car I have a mini heater fitted to the nearside of the car and at the moment I have a heater valve that can be controlled by a cable. Attachment Deleted
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Post by neilsmith on May 19, 2016 18:42:16 GMT
Attachment DeletedThanks 'dickdastardly' for the info on the digital temperature controller. Can I also ask what you used as a 'water valve'. Do you have a ebay number for this also? Do you have a mini heater fitted to the car?
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Post by neilsmith on May 8, 2016 19:54:54 GMT
There is a vw beetle based eagle on eBay. It is in Lancashire and is about £550 starting bid. Looks like it may be tax exempt as it appears to be on it's original vw plates. Item number 172195211032
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Post by neilsmith on May 8, 2016 19:41:04 GMT
I think that it may be tax exempt as well being registered as 1971. So you could save £250 a year on road tax
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Post by neilsmith on May 2, 2016 18:04:11 GMT
I very much enjoyed stoneliegh this year and I was very impressed with all the Eagle Cars there.The white SS that I saw there Sunday morning had Some excellent work done to the car. Actually all the Eagles there looked really good, all in brilliant white. I would be interested in finding out where to get hold of the digital temperature control fitted to the white SS (very good idea)and also where to get hold of the electronic speedo fitted to the car. I realise that there is still a lot of work to be done to my own car but hope to have it on the road next year.
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Post by neilsmith on Apr 24, 2016 18:05:30 GMT
This is helpful info thanks
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Post by neilsmith on Apr 24, 2016 17:56:02 GMT
I have found that the tank has quite a large gap between the body at the rear of the tank, although it looks quite horizontally level, but some altering may be needed. I will have to make some rubber or foam blocks to fit above the tank to prevent it moving about. Also the tank straps that I have made from aluminium will need to be made a little shorter.
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Post by neilsmith on Apr 24, 2016 17:41:57 GMT
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