Now I have the black wing off and the exhaust and moulded my new lights in i decided it was time to fix the oil leak on the engine, all that needed doing was the heads taking off and new seals put around the push rod tubes, on the previous seals not gasket sealant was used so i suspect this is why it leaked. While i was taking the heads off i decided to strip the engine down to the case, I decoked the pistons and valves and sprayed the engine. Cleaned the tinware up aswell.

Here you can see the rear of the car, I found these lights were very small and looked quite naff, they were backed onto thick aluminium which had tarnished, I decided to replace them and sculp a new set of light in. I also found the plate above the exhaust was held on very looseley, it was far too heavy and looked quite a mess, it was only put there to hide another mess when the previous owner had cut the GRP to fit an exhaust. The exhaust was also to go.

Here you can see my new light, they are from a escort MK1, yes i am keeping it in english style, I could have got skyline rear lights or even honda CRX lights, but no, I thought why spoil a half decent looking car with over the top boy racer rubbish.

I have still got to secure the lights inplace and i am still in the process of getting a new exhaust and finishing the back end by replacing the GRP.

The debut

I first purchased my eagle ss from ebay, where most of them are lost to foreign countries, I purchased it for £1100, i worked all my 10 week holiday to get it and it was well worth it, on first inspection only a few jobs needed doing, these were, re trimming the interior, making door cards, a new roof lining, and replacing the seals around the doors, but as usual when you start you find more and more jobs need doing.

Some people would look at this as a pain in the rear and would take extra time and money, the way I see it, it will help me gain skills, make me get a job and give me something to do in my free time.

under a closer inspection at home, I discovered a small oil leak from one of the push rods tubes, the doors leaked quite badly and there were a few million redundant switches and lights in the centre console.

Hi, my name is Chris Bailey, I am 17 years of age and i am learning to drive, I have been into kitcars and cars in general for most of my life. I first got into kitcars about 5 or 6 years ago when me and my dad went out looking for a restoration project, we went looking at Novas firstly, however we never got one because the one we were interested in was priced well too high, at £1500 and it looked a heap!, so we ended up getting a dutton phaeton, i think this was a wiser choice now because i don't think we realised the work involved at the time. I turned 16 and near my 17 birthday i wanted to look for a car myself, I looked back upon that Nova and dreamt about owning one myself but realised how unpractical they were. Then I found the eagle SS, this looked allot more practical, mainly because it had doors. And this is how it started.