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[[File:Blue sports car.JPG|thumb|Later, front-engined Eagle SS]]
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'''Eagle Cars Limited''' was an English company, based in [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]], [[West Sussex]], originally operated by Allen Breeze, although it has undergone a number of ownership changes since.<ref name=EOC>{{Cite web | author = Erwin, Daryl | title = History: A <u>brief</u> history of the Eagle Kit Car range 1981 - 1998 | publisher = Eagle Owners Club | url = http://www.eagleownersclub.org.uk/ | archiveurl = http://www.eagleownersclub.org.uk/history%20page.htm | archivedate = 2010-10-06 }}</ref> Originally making a Jeep lookalike called the '''RV''', between 1981 and 1998 they built several iterations of a [[Gull-wing door|gull-winged]] car called the '''Eagle SS'''. The SS was based on an American [[kit car]] called the Cimbria (itself based on the earlier Sterling, which in turn was a copy of the British [[Automotive Design and Development|Nova]]), and was brought to the UK by Tim Dutton (of [[Dutton Cars]]). In 1988 Eagle Cars moved inland, to nearby [[Storrington]].<ref name=salon>{{Cite magazine | editor-last = Bellu | editor-first= René | date = September 1989 | title = Salon: Toutes les Voitures du Monde 89/90 | issue = 15 & 16 | page = 343 | publisher = Homme N°1 | ref = Salon90 | magazine = l'Auto Journal | location = Paris | language = fr }}</ref>▼
▲'''Eagle Cars Limited''' was an English company, based in [[Lancing, West Sussex|Lancing]], [[West Sussex]], originally operated by Allen Breeze, although it has undergone a number of ownership changes since.<ref name="EOC">{{Cite web | author = Erwin, Daryl | title = History: A <u>brief</u> history of the Eagle Kit Car range 1981 - 1998 | publisher = Eagle Owners Club | url = http://www.eagleownersclub.org.uk/ | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100924074836/http://www.eagleownersclub.org.uk/
==Company history==
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===Front-engined version===
[[File:Eagle SS back.JPG|thumb|Late Eagle SS, rear view]]
Later, Eagle engineered a front-engined, tubular framed chassis for the SS. This used [[Ford Cortina]] running gear, and was easily recognized by its conspicuous (and odd-looking) bonnet bulge.<ref name=Cimbria/> Eagle also claimed it possible, and indeed it has been done, to fit this version of the SS with Rover's familiar 3.5-litre V8.<ref name=TAM90>{{Cite book | title = Quattroruote: Tutte le Auto del Mondo 1990 | editor = Mastrostefano, Raffaele | publisher = Editoriale Domus S.p.A | year = 1990 | page = 205 | language = Italian | location = Milano }}</ref> At least one car was built on the Ford Sierra 4x4 running gear but
The Series 3 SS was somewhat taller, at {{Convert|1120|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}.
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In 2005 the rights (and the dormant moulds) to the Eagle SS were rescued from a Kent boat yard by Tim Naylor of TEAC Sports Cars.<ref name=EOC/> Unfortunately, Tim was unable to raise sufficient interest in the revised mid-engine MkIV SS based on a Toyota MR2 donor which was exhibited at Stoneleigh in 2006, and the project has since been sold on eBay in 2010 to a buyer in Wexford.
Approximately only 340 of each version (VW and Ford) covering all three marks were made, a total of 680+ cars, of which 180 are accounted for on the E.O.C. register,
==Other models==
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*[http://www.eagleownersclub.org.uk/ The Eagle Owners Club] - Eagle SS and RV Owners Club
*[http://www.eagle-ss.com/ Eagle SS] - Eagle SS links directory and car owner
{{Automotive industry in the United Kingdom}}
[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England]]
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