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Post by jamman on Aug 29, 2016 23:18:53 GMT
Hi everyone. As you can see from my first postings elsewhere on the forum, I have just bought a factory fresh unbuilt RV kit, although I only have the body panels, no chassis. It is the Daihatsu F50 kit. The original literature I got with it, including the original order form and receipt says they lengthen the Daihatsu chassis by10". So by my calculations that should make it have a wheelbase of 89". Yet when we measure the shell we get a wheelbase of 92" from wheelarch centre to wheelarch centre. Can someone shed any light on this please? We will be putting the body on a Frontera Sport chassis which has a wheelbase slightly longer so I know the shell will need lengthening in any case, but I would iove to know from someone why the shell appears presently to be longer than I think it should be. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 18:54:57 GMT
Hi everyone. As you can see from my first postings elsewhere on the forum, I have just bought a factory fresh unbuilt RV kit, although I only have the body panels, no chassis. It is the Daihatsu F50 kit. The original literature I got with it, including the original order form and receipt says they lengthen the Daihatsu chassis by10". So by my calculations that should make it have a wheelbase of 89". Yet when we measure the shell we get a wheelbase of 92" from wheelarch centre to wheelarch centre. Can someone shed any light on this please? We will be putting the body on a Frontera Sport chassis which has a wheelbase slightly longer so I know the shell will need lengthening in any case, but I would iove to know from someone why the shell appears presently to be longer than I think it should be. Thanks. Just so happens I am doing one up right now. I will go and measure the wheel base now
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 19:08:43 GMT
90" front axle centre to rear axle centre.
What are you planning as the base, a 4TRAK as that will be my plan if the old F50 fails. FYI, there have been two adverts recently on evilbay, one a stripped F50 and another barn F50 find.
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Post by jamman on Sept 2, 2016 20:02:13 GMT
Hi Delbert, Thank you very much for the info. Grestly appreciated. I am going to use a Frontera Sport. It has a 96" wheelbase so extending the body slightly will be needed just aft of the seat. Mine was on eBay as the unbuilt kit. So I have the body but no chassis. I reckon the 3.2 Frontera will make it go and sound fantastic. And even after I have added a lot more grp to the shell to make it stronger, and added various steel framework subsections behind the dash etc, it will still be way lighter than the Frontera. The shape and dimensions of the Frontera chassis also suit the shell very well which is what is need in order to avoid IVA legally. Even if I used a Daihatsu F50 chassis now I would have to do IVA because of the lengthening that was added to it. So Frontera it is...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2016 20:16:10 GMT
Hi Delbert, Thank you very much for the info. Grestly appreciated. I am going to use a Frontera Sport. It has a 96" wheelbase so extending the body slightly will be needed just aft of the seat. Mine was on eBay as the unbuilt kit. So I have the body but no chassis. I reckon the 3.2 Frontera will make it go and sound fantastic. And even after I have added a lot more grp to the shell to make it stronger, and added various steel framework subsections behind the dash etc, it will still be way lighter than the Frontera. The shape and dimensions of the Frontera chassis also suit the shell very well which is what is need in order to avoid IVA legally. Even if I used a Daihatsu F50 chassis now I would have to do IVA because of the lengthening that was added to it. So Frontera it is... Hi. Did you say you had build instructions? If so what did it sat about wheels? Many thanks
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Post by jamman on Sept 23, 2016 8:12:37 GMT
Hi, Yes my unbuilt kit did come with he Eagle instructions. Such as they are! Don't expect a Heynes type manual though :-) They are basic to say the least and are only a few pages long. If you have an email address let me have it and I will scan the whole thing and send it to you if that is any use?
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Post by Peter on Sept 23, 2016 18:11:59 GMT
Hi, Yes my unbuilt kit did come with he Eagle instructions. Such as they are! Don't expect a Heynes type manual though :-) They are basic to say the least and are only a few pages long. If you have an email address let me have it and I will scan the whole thing and send it to you if that is any use? If you could email me a copy I can add it to the EOC technical page on the EOC web site. Peter
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 20:10:50 GMT
Hi, Yes my unbuilt kit did come with he Eagle instructions. Such as they are! Don't expect a Heynes type manual though :-) They are basic to say the least and are only a few pages long. If you have an email address let me have it and I will scan the whole thing and send it to you if that is any use? Massive thanks for the offer of the scans. My email address is simon@xswind.co.uk Thanks again
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