Tool831 - Purvis Eureka F4

Hey all, In my showroom thread for my MR2. I did post a image that features a kit car.
I thought I would create a thread to show it off directly.
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My father brought 4 years ago for (AUD) $3000 with a damaged motor (Mitsubishi Galant) and have been working on it ever since. It had a rusted out floor pan, engine cover was missing rain soaked it all the way through. It was parked 2 houses down from my place, seen in tall grass never moved about 3 years before.
 
It's called a Purvis Eureka F4 -Complete fiberglass body, built on a Volkswagen 1600 chassis.  It's mainly my fathers car, although I pitch in and help on it.
 
Currently it runs on a Alfa romeo motor. Alfasud adapter onto the VW gear box. Ford XR8 electric blue, no doors this works by hydraulics. This is not licensed, mainly we are testing and making sure it passes WA Pits.
 
*Interior image is outdated I will have to take a new one.
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*Old build images  (Click to enlarge)


 

Looks good. What Alfa motor does it run?

WRX motor will give it some more go. Can the car handle it? haha

WRX motor would sound funny coming from a car like that. Needs a big V8 with quad exhausts.

Wow, this brings back some fun memories!!
 
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An uncle of mine who was a fibreglasser worked with Allan Purvis in Dandenong (I think) building these in the 70's, and my father had one as a project car.  It was "Tangerine" colour, same as your before photos, and was fitted with a 2.7L Chev Corvair air cooled flat 6.  The details I remember are sketchy but I think the engine had to be configured to run backwards to work with the VW transaxle.
 
I'm pretty sure Dad's was the original 'Sport' model, released prior to this improved PL30.  The instrument cluster was much narrower and was mirrored on the passenger side without gauges, and Dad fitted an 8-track there (anyone here remember those?), and the roofline was lower.  It also did not have the scoops behind the side windows, just gaping contoured holes which I think carried cooling air to the engine.
 
I'll try and find some photos of it - I took heaps with a (very popular at the time) Magicube equipped 126 cartridge film box camera.
 
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That's the cleanest rebuild of a Euraka I've ever seen. Awesome! ... And the interior is better than any other I've seen.
 I used to lust after them when I was really young. Once I got my licence, I tried to take one for a test drive but couldn't fit into it!
 
 

Awesome, well done!
 
I remember seeing these in the early 80s, looked way futuristic.
 
The front view pic above reminds me of the Vector w8 (I think that is what its called).
 
Just noticed the size of the windscreen wiper arm, looks huge!
 
Cheers

dennis the menace
how do you open the doors??

Remote on the keys (keyless entry) which also activates the alarm, we have a switch inside the car and for back up ordinary key on the side of the body. If the hydraulics fail in a emergency larger side windows have a pin that unhinges the window; push it out. Window only sits in about 10mm in silastic