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Post by Peter on Mar 10, 2016 22:13:43 GMT
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Post by Peter on Mar 10, 2016 22:14:25 GMT
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Post by Peter on Mar 10, 2016 22:27:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2016 9:43:50 GMT
Blue Eagle is a fully registered Eagle on a Ford Basic, the chassis has to be completely restored or renovated, engine has failed and the acceleration as well, but the body is in a fairly good condition.
The Red one was the first one I bought and VW related, but never registered as Eagle.
In Belgium, however, we can not longer build a new kitcar, so I'm still looking for a solution, either build the Eagle and obtain its approval in the UK on a chassis that I have a VW Beetle oldtimer.
Or find a chassis with the approval of Kitcar and build there the eagle on or as the opportunity arises to purchase a chassis or complete Eagle on VW basis with UK approval as eagle.
So if someone wants to sell a chassis where Eagle is mentioned on the papers I'm glad to buy, a UK chassis of a beetle you can get free with it. The paper may be out from circulation, as long as there is Eagle stated.
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Post by Peter on Mar 19, 2016 12:12:17 GMT
Blue Eagle is a fully registered Eagle on a Ford Basic, the chassis has to be completely restored or renovated, engine has failed and the acceleration as well, but the body is in a fairly good condition. The Red one was the first one I bought and VW related, but never registered as Eagle.In Belgium, however, we can not longer build a new kitcar, so I'm still looking for a solution, either build the Eagle and obtain its approval in the UK on a chassis that I have a VW Beetle oldtimer. Or find a chassis with the approval of Kitcar and build there the eagle on or as the opportunity arises to purchase a chassis or complete Eagle on VW basis with UK approval as eagle. So if someone wants to sell a chassis where Eagle is mentioned on the papers I'm glad to buy, a UK chassis of a beetle you can get free with it. The paper may be out from circulation, as long as there is Eagle stated. Hi Luc, Just re-read this and the red one is also a FORD car not a VW one as I can clearly see the Ford chassis, rocker cover cut out and air intake for radiator.. ![confused2[1]](//storage.proboards.com/658221/images/Hnf6_PWrRzqdv0t6nVL7.gif)  Peter |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2016 20:17:44 GMT
haha you got me there, ok let me put it in another way, i want the red one to be a VW related, mostly because i have all the knowledge to build it
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Post by Peter on Mar 20, 2016 15:20:18 GMT
Gotcha!  It can be done as the Ford and the VW bodies have the same mounting so just cut out the floor leaving the 3cm flange and make a new front and rear bulkhead and you are onto a VW chassis. You will have a spare chassis for the blue one too.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 13:33:47 GMT
After hitting boredom at work I decided to take a look at this forum, as I built one of the first series 3 SS's in the 80s. Amazingly the blue one in this thread looks remarkably like the one I built, can I just ask a few questions? When I built the car I made a few mods to the body;
1 the 'dummy' air intakes on top of the back wings I opened up and put a false floor in (with a gap at the back to prevent them acting like an airbrake)
2 front fog light fibreglass pods added and a front number plate moulding that concealed the towing eye position
3 a moulding under the rear bumper to blend in with the (UK) number plate
4 a framework attaching the fog light pods to the chassis (this also gave me somewhere to mount the battery)
5 a spare wheel well in the boot that allowed a full size spare to be carried.
Can you please let me know if all these are on the car that you have, if so I may have some more history of the car for you!
Phao
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Post by Peter on Mar 7, 2017 19:04:01 GMT
Well LUC, is it your car? Certainly looks like it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 14:29:29 GMT
Ok, last night I looked for photo's of my car when I built and owned it and found a few, any idea how I post them on here? - think I found out how!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 19:32:37 GMT
Good Evening Everyone,
I'm Tim, I can confirm the car Luc has is Phao's old car, I recognise the reg plate. I bought the car blind from ebay as a 'quick' restoration project from a guy in the Blackpool area who was breaking up a small collection of kit cars he'd acquired. Sadly when the car turned up it wasn't in a state of repair that suggested it would be anything like a quick repair. It also wasn't helped by a small road traffic accident on the 170 mile trip to its new home in Northamptonshire when the bonnet became detached from the car on a motorway on the outskirts of Manchester. Fortunately I was able to procure a brand new bonnet from Tim Naylor who at that time still had the tooling.
Over the years I collected a pile of parts with a view of rebuilding and updating, but without a garage or even a shed with a bench (already full of motorbikes,) to attempt a body off restoration I admitted defeat and sold the car to Luc.
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![confused2[1]](http://storage.proboards.com/658221/images/Hnf6_PWrRzqdv0t6nVL7.gif)
It can be done as the Ford and the VW bodies have the same mounting so just cut out the floor leaving the 3cm flange and make a new front and rear bulkhead and you are onto a VW chassis.
