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Nov 23, 2023 14:09:12 GMT
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Post by jimbo14 on Nov 23, 2023 14:09:12 GMT
Hi there , im jim. Im not an owner but was just offered and "old kit car " based on a Range Rover .. upon a quick look its an Eagle RV rolling chassis/ body ( in black gelcoat) on axles with wheels props and not much else. I would say it was started and unfished / forgotton fairly soon in the build as the dash / transmission tunnel/ seat boxes etc are uncutand undrilled Is this a rare kit and if so whats it worth ? Ive been told to "make me an offer but im not expecting much !"
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Post by titch on Nov 23, 2023 17:02:43 GMT
Hi Jim, Is it an Eagle body?? 'Jeep' lookalike..? Otherwise I'm not so sure where the Eagle comes into it as they were based on other 'chassis' mainly the donor cars one. Mine is the rarer VW one... Titch
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Nov 23, 2023 18:09:22 GMT
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Post by jimbo14 on Nov 23, 2023 18:09:22 GMT
Hi Titch, its deffo an Eagle body. I do know they made a few rangerover based ones in the late 80,s and i think this may be one of them. I also believe they used the range rover chassis as was. Im trying to find out how rare the 4x4 ones are and an approximate value for an incompleted early stage project ( complete body but no windscreen, roof or doors)
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Nov 23, 2023 18:11:25 GMT
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Post by jimbo14 on Nov 23, 2023 18:11:25 GMT
Hi Titch, i meant to add i'll try and get some photos on monday as im back up his yard on monday but it looks like a fibreglass CJ7 Jeep
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Nov 23, 2023 21:48:09 GMT
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Post by nickyjuk on Nov 23, 2023 21:48:09 GMT
Hi, it sounds like an interesting project. I've never seen a Range Rover based Eagle, but you are right, they do apparently exist. Peter, of this parish knows more about them. I'm currently working on my project, which is a shortened Eagle RV shell onto a totally unmodified Discovery 1 chassis, with a flatbed behind what is now the Eagle based cab. When I was working out how to build it. I placed the complete Eagle body onto the chassis to size it up. With the wheel arches over the front wheels, the Discovery chassis stuck out some distance beyond the body. My understanding is that the Discovery chassis is only a very slightly tweaked version of the Range Rover classic chassis, so unless the Range Rover version has a body a foot, or maybe two feet longer than the body made on the Eagle chassis (which in all honesty is doubtful), then I expect the chassis has had the rear crossmember chopped off, or bobbed to fit underneath it. As you probably already know, this is a common modification with green laners and off roaders. The easiest thing to do would be to take a look under the rear of the thing. If the chassis has not been modified, and you have a v5, or a way of getting a v5 from the VIN, then you could potentially register the Eagle as a rebodied Range Rover using the DVSA points system. If the chassis has been bobbed, or even modified in any small way, then to put it bluntly, you can't. Any vehicle built up in this way would need to go through an IVA before it could be road registered. I've always thought this a bit risky as a lot of work is needed to build these cars and you're not guaranteed to get it through an IVA. There are a couple of articles on this site showing an RV which has passed the IVA so it is/was possible, but there are a few ugly ( if you're the owner reading this!) modifications needed to get it through. If the Eagle is already road registered, then it could potentially be worth something. If it isn't, and you would have to go the 'risky' IVA route, then I think (other opinions are readily available) it would at least halve, if not quarter it's current value.
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Post by titch on Nov 24, 2023 8:45:27 GMT
Don't know where my post went..?? Yes, Nickyjuk is quite right though.. it's value will depend on if it's registered or not... Check on DVLA site with the reg. number first.. but send us some pictures anyway please Jimbo! Titch
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Post by baloo on Nov 24, 2023 11:15:39 GMT
Hi ive had a few rv's in fact i still have 3, i did have a factory 4x4 some 20 years ago, all the components were classic range rover, axles engine, springs suspension, gearbox, steering etc etc but the chassis was not range rover it was 4x2" box if i remember correctly, l was led to believe thats how it came from the factory, it all worked just fine used it through a summer but when the winter came i wimped out and sold it on, you would struggle to get an rv shell on a standard range rover chassis due to the 100" wheelbase and that horrendous rear overhang, classic range rover and disco 1 use the same chassis floor pan bulkhead windscreen, doors etc, whilst back then you could probably shorten a range rover chassis and lop the back off ( bobtail) and they would just change your V5 description no questions asked its not like that now so if you wanted to go 4x4 a landrover defender would be a better fit as its 93" wheelbase and no rear overhang but back then coil sprung landrovers either hadent been born or were so dear you coudent afford one for a kitcar, there are other options i have an rv that uses a Mercedes G wagon chassis and running gear so i get the benefit of factory fitted difflocks and any engine box choice l like as the transfer box is remote, rover V8 at the moment but thats going to change in the spring,
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Post by titch on Nov 24, 2023 11:25:23 GMT
Very Nice Baloo.. I must sat that I'd prefer the Rover V8 though! although I don't recall a RR chassis being an option in the day..? I may be wrong of course.. My VW based one and the Cortina one's being the most common. I haven't got back onto mine as yet though.. I must do it as it is a rare one.. unless I do aim to sell it on.... decisions, decisions.... Titch
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Post by baloo on Nov 24, 2023 11:52:14 GMT
Very Nice Baloo.. I must sat that I'd prefer the Rover V8 though! although I don't recall a RR chassis being an option in the day..? I may be wrong of course.. My VW based one and the Cortina one's being the most common. I haven't got back onto mine as yet though.. I must do it as it is a rare one.. unless I do aim to sell it on.... decisions, decisions.... Titch i cant say it definitely came from the factory on that chassis but it was well made and fit for purpose but i can say that i did visit the factory and when i say factory it was a shed on a farm somewhere just of the A27 along the south coast, there was a fabricated 4x4 chassis sitting there with all range rover running gear, could have been a customers i guess, who knows twas a long time ago yes i like the rover V8 in mine but its a bit tired i whipped it out of a ldv ambulance a long time ago as it needs to be rearwheel drive as my transfer box is remote, but fear not im not going smaller but bigger and still 8 cylinders after all "eight is great" cheers Andy
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Post by Graham Wood on Nov 24, 2023 16:42:50 GMT
info only for defunct R.V. Range Rover FACTORY chassis
Note - original thread is from year 2008
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Post by titch on Nov 24, 2023 17:00:36 GMT
Oooh. but that's not a Range Rover chassis.....??
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Post by baloo on Nov 24, 2023 17:53:17 GMT
Oooh. but that's not a Range Rover chassis.....?? nope its not but from memory thats how they came, fabricated from box section, heavier than a standard rr chassis but a rr chassis was way to long and dident match the fiberglass shell bottom profile thats what mine looked like anyway
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Post by baloo on Nov 24, 2023 17:54:50 GMT
apart from mine wasent galvanized it was powder coated white to match the body
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Post by Graham Wood on Nov 24, 2023 18:15:20 GMT
post number ten of the 2008 thread says
the chassis was designed to have RR parts bolted to it rather than the Eagle bodyshell bolting to a RR chassis.
Anyway -- chassis was only supplied to very few customers anyway
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