Anybody seen this car around?

INDEEP · 26-02-2007, 10:25 PM

For some reason the other day, the urge to find out the whereabouts of my old EA came into my head. Last I knew it was in the Nowra/Wollongong area.

Has anybody seen this car about? Be interesting to see if it's still as nice as it was when I poured a couple of buckets of money into it...

It no longer has the INDEEP plates, and only had a crummy normal NSW plate on it when I sold it.

Cheers,

Rus.

the_scotsman · 26-02-2007, 10:35 PM

Im in Nowra, and have never seen that car around...nice looking ride though...

INDEEP · 26-02-2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by the_scotsman

Im in Nowra, and have never seen that car around...nice looking ride though...

I sold it to a guy in the Navy, and I think he only kept it for a few months before selling it on to a younger guy. I don't think the wife was too happy with the lack of a child restraint point in the parcel shelf...

(previous owner to me had less than creative methods of fitting a 1/2 cage & a set of 3-way 6x9s in it which resulted in the parcel shelf looking like a very poorly prepared dogs breakfast)

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HLC · 26-02-2007, 10:51 PM

LOL what a beast.

INDEEP · 27-02-2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by HLC

LOL what a beast.

Coming from a proud AU owner, I'm so overcome with.... something...

Might be the little bit of spew the came to my mouth when I saw your avatar...

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Seriously though, this is the first place I've been online that accommodates people who are actually proud of owning the car that almost single-handedly ruined the Ford Motor Company in Australia. (The AU Falcon)

SNB05T · 27-02-2007, 09:37 AM

[QUOTE=INDEEP]Coming from a proud AU owner, I'm so overcome with.... something...

Might be the little bit of spew the came to my mouth when I saw your avatar...

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nah henri's car's alright. your old car looks like a mate of mine's eb might be the body kit that does it.

GXL078 · 27-02-2007, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by INDEEP

Coming from a proud AU owner, I'm so overcome with.... something...

Might be the little bit of spew the came to my mouth when I saw your avatar...

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Seriously though, this is the first place I've been online that accommodates people who are actually proud of owning the car that almost single-handedly ruined the Ford Motor Company in Australia.

It's an EA not an AU!!!

INDEEP · 27-02-2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by xcgxl

It's an EA not an AU!!!

I'm aware of that... Read ALL of the thread xcgxl...

Xitdxr · 27-02-2007, 09:48 AM

Ummmm.........is that a HSV kit from SSV???

Lukeyson · 27-02-2007, 09:52 AM

i used to love those rims, had them on my ED, the LK11's suit the EA-ED shape so well.

but sorry havent seen the car

INDEEP · 27-02-2007, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Xitdxr

Ummmm.........is that a HSV kit from SSV???

Close... Bars & skirts are modeled off the VN Group A.

Unfortunately, if you want to put a kit on any EA-D, and actually have taste, it's pretty much the only way to go... SSV offer a few different styles, but most of them end up looking like they were adapted from the XD-F range to fit the E series...

OLDFORDNUT · 27-02-2007, 09:59 AM

have never seen the car but your right about the kit ,suits the car perfectly, very nice

GXL078 · 27-02-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by INDEEP

I'm aware of that... Read ALL of the thread xcgxl...

I did read all of thread. I was refering to the car that almost single handedly ruined Ford Australia part of the previous post. I thought the AU did that?

INDEEP · 27-02-2007, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by xcgxl

I did read all of thread. I was refering to the car that almost single handedly ruined Ford Australia part of the previous post. I thought the AU did that?

Sorry. I was referring to the AU being the vehicle of the 'Apocalypse'... Not the EA

That was an extension of my picking on Henry's AU...

**Polyal** · 27-02-2007, 10:24 AM

HAHA welcome to the site mate, thats a nice EA for sure. Any mechanical mods.

Just watch these AU guys, they can dish it out but when some criticism comes back then look out!

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AC · 27-02-2007, 10:26 AM

Being a new AU owner i think they are better than you think. Nicer than EA/B/D's IMO.
Not exactly the vehicle of the 'Apocalypse'

Although when they first came out i was a little concerned, seeing poverty pack Forte's everywhere, they looked pretty shite with that hideous grill. But they made up for it with the Fairmonts. Then the TS50's came in and showed true Potential... What they could have sooner.
I think they have just got better over the years, slowly evolving

Each to thier own tho...

INDEEP · 27-02-2007, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by 2ndOwner

Being a new AU owner i think they are better than you think. Nicer than EA/B/D's IMO.
Not exactly the vehicle of the 'Apocalypse'

Although when they first came out i was a little concerned, seeing poverty pack Forte's everywhere, they looked pretty shite with that hideous grill. But they made up for it with the Fairmonts. Then the TS50's came in and showed true Potential... What they could have sooner.
I think they have just got better over the years, slowly evolving

Each to thier own tho...

2ndOwner, I didn't actually state my opinion on the AU, as I don't really have one in all honesty.

But it was however, well known in the Ford community (ie: those who worked at dealerships etc), that sales and public response as a whole were so poor for the AU, that Ford Australia would have been forced to cease operation if the BA did not meet unrealistically high sales targets... Thankfully for the blue oval buyers, the B-series has 'saved the day' so to speak...

Hi Polyal, thanks for the welcome. No the EA was mechanically stock with the CFI 3.9L, only addition being a set of extractors and a 2.5" system.

I did buy a genuine 87K 4.0L out of a wrecked ED XR6 (as well as the entire trim), but unlucky as I am, it (literally) fell off the back of a truck on the way to me (Landed front of the rocker cover first, which broke top timing gear, pushed cam backward, bent rocker pedestals and all other kinds of equally yucky stuff).

Ended up being from an auto ED as well, so the harness & computer weren't going to be much good with my 5-speed anyway...

This car was not meant for me I don't think... The list of misfortune:
* Only started doing it up after it was half backed over by a Landcruiser.
* Had the exterior 100% done, only to have a VL rearend it at a set of lights.
* Did 3 ignition modules in 24 months, one 500km from home, another 140km.
* It once fell off a jack when I was trying to pick it up to change the oil, squashing me between it's nose & the garage wall...

The list goes on, including a duck landing on the bonnet and leaving a 12" long set of claw marks in it...

All a bit off topic, but I'm sure it reminds a few members of the little mishaps they've had over the years...

So glad I sold it I brought the 55 now...

HLC · 27-02-2007, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by INDEEP

Coming from a proud AU owner, I'm so overcome with.... something...

Might be the little bit of spew the came to my mouth when I saw your avatar...

:

Seriously though, this is the first place I've been online that accommodates people who are actually proud of owning the car that almost single-handedly ruined the Ford Motor Company in Australia. (The AU Falcon)

nah, i think its an ugly piece of **** LOL but im still proud of it!!!

that being said. my ED was worse. spent 2 grand on it, in 11 months of ownership. in mechanical repairs. nothing else. so i crashed it. :togo:

**Polyal** · 27-02-2007, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by HLC

nah, i think its an ugly piece of **** LOL but im still proud of it!!!

So next time if you dont like someone elses car then dont comment, not hard.

HLC · 27-02-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

So next time if you dont like someone elses car then dont comment, not hard.

i said "what a beast" not "your car sucks"

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arm79 · 27-02-2007, 11:06 AM

There is a bloke on Fordmods with that car as his avatar. Maybe the current owner? But the avatar pic has the custom plates on it.

**Polyal** · 27-02-2007, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by HLC

i said "what a beast" not "your car sucks"

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Well I think everyone else other than you took it as sarcasm. :togo:

INDEEP · 27-02-2007, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

Well I think everyone else other than you took it as sarcasm. :togo:

"Ding ding ding" The LOL at the start of any post sends off sarcasm alarm bells instantly with me...

Thanks arm79, I'ma go have a look at Fordmods now.

arm79 · 27-02-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by INDEEP

"Ding ding ding" The LOL at the start of any post sends off sarcasm alarm bells instantly with me...

Thanks arm79, I'ma go have a look at Fordmods now.

Username is vibr8n. I hope you don't know him, cos he really is a dick too.

**Polyal** · 27-02-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by INDEEP

"Ding ding ding" The LOL at the start of any post sends off sarcasm alarm bells instantly with me...

Thanks arm79, I'ma go have a look at Fordmods now.

Yeah I think his just spewing that he couldn't edit the post.

Anyway....

sly_ba · 27-02-2007, 12:02 PM

My first car was a modified EA, I wonder from time to time where it is now.......

INDEEP · 27-02-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by arm79

Username is vibr8n. I hope you don't know him, cos he really is a dick too.

Not only is that my old car, but it's also a pic I took of it in the paddock at my place!? WTF is going on there!! :togo:

vibr8r · 27-02-2007, 06:39 PM

it had a child restraint anchor when i bought it so the misus must have got the better of him. i think the cfi turned him off... & the blocked up cat.

Dezza · 27-02-2007, 06:44 PM

Certainly nothing wrong with a modified EA. That is quite a tidy looking car. And on the topic of the bodykit, EA2BA has a very similar bodykit (minus those side skirts)

vibr8r · 27-02-2007, 06:49 PM

mmm hes a member of this forum to...