Eureka UK

[bushboy]

G'day all,
What's my kit, well its a EUREKA PL30. The Australian derivative of the Richards Oakes designed NOVA kit car from the early 70's.

Brought it to the UK about 7 years ago & hope to finally get it on the road this year (2007). Kept changing my mind about engines, tail lights etc so have never finished it.

Finally set my mind on the engine & tail lights.

This is a picture of it taken at Stoneleigh Kit car show 2006. I trailered it up there as a Work in Progress. (Its the one with the Eureka Stockade Flag on the Windscreen).



Specs:

VW chassis with ball joint & trailing arm front suspension & Trailing arm IRS on the rear.
VW 4 speed transaxle
Mazda KL 2.5L V6 (Donor was a Ford Probe)
Disk brakes all round.

Here is a link to the video of the engine on a test run. I finally sorted what wires were not needed for the EFI.

s6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/bushboy554/videos/?action=view¤t=100_1050.flv

When I have time I'll put a decent pic of the car on photobucket & add it to this forum.

Off to earn some shed points.

Bushboy

[jason (mitsubishi L200)]

i love your car, i really do,,i am going to touch it friday if i get time to visit

[bushboy]

Best I put the body back on the chassis and make it look a bit more like a car!!

Bushboy

[bushboy]

Got meself a rear louver for the reek and in usual bushboy fashion I've started to modify it so it wont look standard & so that it clears the engine.

A few quick pics




bushboy

[aussieelv]

I like the rear louver.. should help the english rain roll off your eureka.. hahhaha .. must be an aussie thing.. not liking to leave something standard..

[jason (mitsubishi L200)]

hey aussie elv ,, those rear lovres from a nova kitcar slot nice on the back of an ss,, i tried one,, i will see if i still have the pic,

cars looking good martin,,keep up the good work

[aussieelv]

I had toyed with the idea before.. even draw a few pics.. but now it would look like i was a copy cat.. hahahha would work well with the aerodynamics I reccon..

[bushboy]

Thanks boys for the encouraging comments,
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel again, just wish some bastard would stop turning the fcuking thing off

Bushboy

[jason (mitsubishi L200)]

here is one on your car damien,, sorry to hijack the thread bushboy , i will clean it up tomorrow lol

[aussieelv]

I do like!!! where can I get one from

My apologies Bushboy.. was all Jasons fault

[bushboy]

Now worries mate,
Jason has rocket fuel and so is excused from all wrong doings, past present & future.

You see them occasionally on ebay. Try www.euro-nova.co.uk some times on there as well

Bushboy

[popuptoaster]

Oooh i like them, I just have an unfortunate allergy to anything VW, cant even remember why these days. LOL

[bushboy]

Well boys & girls,

It's been a long time comming but the Aussie Reek is finally on the UK roads & legal, with a tax disk and every thing.



I absolutly love driving it and it will be at Detling 2009 on the Sunday (Have to work Monday)

SO if you want a better look see pop over to Club nova.











catch you all later

Bushboy

[spikester18]

il b there dude

[jason (mitsubishi L200)]

looks good ,, all the hard work has paid off ,, can you pm your number to me and i may have a drive over to grays and have a look next time i get a spare few hours