Did someone ask Weatlake Eagles?

strad · 29 Apr 2002, 21:44 (Ref:273696)

I can't find it but I would have sworn someone asked about pictures of the Westlake Eagle..so courtesy of Racer I offer these, note the lack of seatbelts...around Spa?

strad · 29 Apr 2002, 21:49 (Ref:273703)

And this one....

strad · 30 Apr 2002, 20:19 (Ref:274788)

HAHAHAHAHAHA ...Fat Finger Syndrome strikes again..
Westlake Eagle......LOL
Come on moderator...fix that Topic Title so I don't look like such an idiot......

**Peter Mallett** · 30 Apr 2002, 21:23 (Ref:274877)

I think we all knew what you meant Strad.

Pretty cars and not too bad in their time.

DNQ · 1 May 2002, 11:36 (Ref:275430)

Beautiful cars, those Eagles - I remember a similar set of photos in F1 Racing about a year ago.

Gee those old cars look so nice, too bad I never got to see them race. Born about two decades too late...

David McKinney · 1 May 2002, 15:15 (Ref:275655)

Quote:

Originally posted by strad
HAHAHAHAHAHA ...Fat Finger Syndrome strikes again..
Westlake Eagle......LOL
Come on moderator...fix that Topic Title so I don't look like such an idiot......

Do you want the heading to read "Westlake" strad?
Or should it be the correct name?

**Peter Mallett** · 1 May 2002, 18:52 (Ref:275798)

It's actually WESLAKE

strad · 1 May 2002, 19:49 (Ref:275870)

Yes,,God I'll get it right yet.....Weslake....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

djeffries · 1 May 2002, 20:02 (Ref:275880)

Just simply the best looking grand prix car ever......apparently there is a 1/18 die cast model out this summer, I think its by AutoArt

**Peter Mallett** · 1 May 2002, 21:05 (Ref:275950)

When I was but a lad there was a model shop in Aldershot which had some built up kits of these and other cars of the period in its window.

djb · 4 May 2002, 05:26 (Ref:278180)

Nice shots, the person who did them knows how to use his/her lighting. Very nice highlights thrown in and good control of keeping the main lights off the background.
Car photography is a real speciality.

The sixties cars really did have sensuous bodies didn't they? Particularly like the upper lip on the front intake.
And the pipes, ahh those pipes. (anyone ever heard the Bill Cosby routine about getting a Shelby made car with "pipes" and a plaque stating that the car was faster than anything that McQueen ever owned? The great part was that Cosby never got it past starting it up, as the fanstastic noise (imitated by him of course) scared him silly enough to not even put it in gear)

strad · 5 May 2002, 02:45 (Ref:278750)

Yes it is...Yes they were...haven't heard that one...

jimclark · 12 May 2002, 22:23 (Ref:284285)

I know, I know...picky, picky, picky. However I must set the record straight. It was not a Weatlake Eagle, a Westlake Eagle, NOR a Weslake Eagle. It WAS an Eagle (built by AAR) powered by a Weslake engine....otherwise known as an Eagle Weslake (as in McLaren Mercedes or Williams BMW; not the other way around which would imply that the engine manufacturer created the car.)

From AtlasF1.com:

"Bruce McLaren and Dan Gurney became constructors with McLaren usually relying either on a modified Indy Ford V8 or a Serenissima V8 in a chassis designed by Robin Herd, later one of the founders of Grand Prix and Indy Car Constructor March. Gurney's new All American Racers organization, which Gurney founded with Carrol Shelby, fielded a new car called the Eagle, which ran an old 2.5 litre 4 cylinder Climax until the new Weslake V12 engine Gurney had commissioned was ready."

strad · 12 May 2002, 23:01 (Ref:284337)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Well now..have got this straightened out?
Thanks for your input Jim,,you are of course correct.

**Peter Mallett** · 15 May 2002, 11:14 (Ref:287119)

So, er. Who was who asked the question originally?

strad · 15 May 2002, 17:03 (Ref:287475)

heck if I know...I would have sworn somebody asked.....

dave walsh · 7 Dec 2007, 06:25 (Ref:2083368)

i have a westlake engine im trying to find out some history about. it is a 351 v8 with 4 valve heads and lucas injection. i believe these were fitted to f5000 cars in the 60s/70s.does anyone know what chassis this engine was fitted to and what this engine would sell for?

**Peter Mallett** · 7 Dec 2007, 07:30 (Ref:2083389)

Its actually Weslake. Welcome Dave.

john ruston · 8 Dec 2007, 12:41 (Ref:2084277)

The weakness of the Eagle was the engine that could not be compared with DFV.It won at Spa because Jim Clark stopped after being so Quick in practise.
I remember it well,I was sitting on the outside at Burneville and walking across the road to get a beer inbetween the cars,Those were the days

Tim Barry · 9 Dec 2007, 19:01 (Ref:2084995)

Dave

Dennis Leech ran his F5000 Chevron B28 with a Chev with Weslake 4 valve heads. Was this the one you were thinking about?