air flow for the VW engine if desired. The MkII went through the most changes, receiving a shorter removable nose section, built-in roll cage on later models, longer side windows hinged from front bottom and top corners, and the addition of a Ford-based model. Ford versions have a bump on the bonnet to accommodate the engine and later version had smooth boot lids with the ribs removed. The MkIII reverted to a one piece nose, received a slightly higher roof, and both versions now had built-in steel bars to protect the cabin area. Side windows as per the MkII. The chassis was an unshortened Volkswagen Type 1 platform with a wheelbase, while the car was long, wide, and a mere high. First mentioned in 1984, a targa-roofed 2+2-seater version called the 2 Plus was also available, with only a slight weight penalty. Front-engined version 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. 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. At least one car was built on the Ford Sierra 4x4 running gear but the EOC has been informed it suffered in a roof collapse and is no longer a viable repair. The Series 3 SS was somewhat taller, at . 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. 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, and under a handful are currently on the road (DVLA January 2014). Other models Eagle Cars' fibreglass-bodied Jeep-lookalike, the Jeep RV, was built around Ford Cortina parts. There was also an Eagle RV 4X4 (Range Rover, later also Daihatsu Fourtrak/Rocky based), unusual for kit cars in that it had four-wheel drive. The RV used an X-braced ladder frame and the expected Ford engines, although the