Thread: Barn Find (?) 93 RRC

Originally Posted by Grumbles

That is sacrilege. The EAS is an essential part of what makes these cars. Once sorted if it needs sorting then it is very reliable. From what I can see replacement maintenance only crops up every 10 or so years which is cheap motoring for such a comfortable and capable suspension system.

Regardless of how cheap fixing the EAS (you think) is, there are potentially legal issues pending in Vic/NSW and maybe elsewhere.
AFAIK, this refers to the fact that coil springs was not a standard variant of your particular model, therefore not 'Kosher' in the eyes of some obscure public servant. - the remedy is to re-fit the full, working EAS or de-license it. - Would love to be rong on this one !
Naturally, this will only surface on re-licensing in the rest of Oz, and every year for you unfortunates in the East for your warrant of fitness or whatever the rip-off is called.

There is the already mentioned danger of becoming emotionally & Financially involved with the Classic...

DAMHIK

James

'95 Vogue SE, 2WD Classic with working EAS & cruise control.

I was told by Graeme Cooper who used to convert RRCs to coils often , that type approval was not necessary for RRCs, because varients were sold somewhere in the world without air suspension.This is in NSW .

Coil spring RRCs were made to the very end and and AFAIK one of if not THE last car off line was a 2 door "commercial" for the French market with coils.

He went on to say that they couldn't legally change 38As to coils as they were never offered with them, and noone in Oz was willing to do type approval due to the costs and low volume involved.

Regards Philip A