Ahoy, Paul,
Awwright, I'll take some pix of the cockpit of my Eagle-01. ---- Soon.
You may be correct in that we are the only 'old' Eagles , my -01 Eagle is s/n 7300. People enjoy my remark that my motor home has a data plate which attests to it being 41 years, but that little in it is more than a few years old, other than the driver.
For starts, the shifter is on the left side. I'd never driven a ten speed, so I figured that if I could land on an aircraft carrier with either hand, I could shift the ten speed with either hand. After ~~42,000 miles -- still -- people hear me shift that big sucker and wonder how I ever managed to land a jet on a carrier. Yah, I'm getting better, but NOT good at it.
I'm set up so that in front of me, there are only the few needed gages, visible through the wheel. The rest of the stuff is on the left console, or overhead on the left. On either side of the wheel, there are a pair of foot pads so I can lay back and 'mosey along' with my feet up like a 'Harley guy'. Works just fine for me, and is VERY comfortable.
We are off to Pismo Beach in the morning for a couple of days. (Yah, out here on the 'left coast' we have funny names for places and 'acts'). We keep thinking that we should take the money and run --- to a 'red' state -- We just don't know which direction.
Enjoy /s bob
Bob Belter Carmel CA ---- Eagle -01 /w/ Cummins M-11/ Roadranger ten speed RTO1110