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11-12-2005, 07:56 PM
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i want to know why for did not produce an ea-ed shaped ute, so i decided to make my own with a few more mods here is a look, tell us what ya think.
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11-12-2005, 07:58 PM
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cheaper to continue with the XG/XH then have to engineer a different chassis i'd imagine.
There are a few E-series convert utes, but they're pretty rare.
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11-12-2005, 08:02 PM
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heres a pic
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11-12-2005, 09:38 PM
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11-12-2005, 09:43 PM
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the tailgate is also a narrowed XF ute one |
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11-12-2005, 09:47 PM
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405rwhp LS1, FG XR6T Ute manual, VE series 2 Omega LPG. |
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14-12-2005, 01:05 AM
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Ford actually came very close to dropping the ute altogether. I haven't seen sales figures but I gather in the late 80s they were declining in favour of the Jap utes which were significantly cheaper. Probably the coming of the Commodore ute spurred them to keep the XF ute in production. Then a couple of Ford engineers did some work off their own bat and showed they could upgrade to the 4L engine with minimal investment, that got approved and the ute was back from the brink. By that stage though it was too far through the E series body cycle to be able to do a full EF ute, hence the XH as the next best alternative of upgrading the front suspension and also making it look a lot more modern.
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11-12-2005, 08:02 PM
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that looks way better than an xg why didnt they make that its heaps better looks like an e series not an xd lol
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11-12-2005, 08:03 PM
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that is a ef or el isnt it anyway that looks tough
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11-12-2005, 08:09 PM
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complete with CFi and 3 speed auto... but yes, its had teh front grafted on from an EL XR, as well as the ute modification... looks bloody awesome |
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11-12-2005, 08:06 PM
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hmmm that sounds like a project i will do! ed ghia ute :P
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11-12-2005, 08:09 PM
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ed turbo i6 ghia ute i wonder if the sprint lip spoiler could be incorporated in the hard top
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11-12-2005, 08:12 PM
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yeah that looks sik, I dunno why they continued with the ancient XF style front it looked horrible. I wouldn't mind an EA 3.9 5 speed ute, that would be nuts, my dogs would love it too.
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11-12-2005, 08:32 PM
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i think most ppl are firmiular wit this ute, its on our forum in images, cant remeber the user but i have the images wit me
  this thing is a great chop and looks insane, i love it too bits as well, i like that top one, stupit question but isnt it a photoshop, i know the u wish all over it is lol EDIT: on closer inspection, i realise it is lol DUMBASS!!! |
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11-12-2005, 09:04 PM
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considering its at a ute show, and has the ute plates.....and is covered with trophies, and has pics of the buildup on the windscreen....i'd say its real... |
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11-12-2005, 09:06 PM
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11-12-2005, 08:26 PM
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sweeeeeeet. Oh yeah that's the spot baby. E-series ute v8 5speed manual would be the way......but maybe not flat tray style....hhhmmm
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11-12-2005, 08:35 PM
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jjm yeah its my car photoshoped and ba style bonnet bulge
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11-12-2005, 08:41 PM
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Looks pretty tough someone should do it!
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11-12-2005, 09:06 PM
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yeah the one that jjm posted is a real car the pic i posted at the start of this thread is my car done on photoshop noone sayed that the ute766 was done on photoshop
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11-12-2005, 09:07 PM
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He's talking about the first photo posted numbnuts!
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11-12-2005, 09:09 PM
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i saw this
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11-12-2005, 09:11 PM
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sorry guys but they look wrong...but I dont know what it is exactly
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14-12-2005, 11:14 AM
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The blue chop, which is very well done by the way, needs more room behind the drivers door to create some space in the cab. Look at where the drivers seat is in a sedan, it's beside/behind the B-piller, you can't just cut the cab off immediately behind the door. Also the trays need to be higher than the window line - go look at some real Holden/Ford utes. In this respect the Hillier ute has got it right (EA-EL red one), it also uses the front portion of a sedan roof to keep the overall height lower, the wagons raise up towards the rear. The tray area only looks so bulky because of the lower rear cladding, it's massive. Most of the home-made jobs (such as the dual cab above) have the tray too low, leaving it where the donor wagon window line was. I had plans to do this once. To make a dual cab I was going to use a wagon donor car but a sedan turret and doors (lower roofline and different rear door shape to wagons). Place flat glass in the still angled rear window area, lift the tray height to where the kink in the rear doors is and extend the wheelbase slightly to get a reasonably length tray and improve the proportions. Had the ideas, just not the skills, space or money..... Then maybe an AU motor plus turbo, simplify the mounting by substituting AU front susp/steer sub-assembly (or RTV ute?) or even graft Territory AWD front end to the Falcon frame rails (all have the same spacing), raise the rear on re-arched springs with reinforced mountings. Dammit, if Ford won't make an R5 I was gunna make my own retro version based on an E-series.
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11-12-2005, 09:28 PM
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That GT one looks awesome!
 I'm understanding of Ford's need to put its effort into the EA sedan/wagon in the late '80s rather than fancy utes. But when we talk about Falcon engines, they bothered building the 3.2 CFI, 3.9 CFI, 3.9 MPI and 4.1 carby all alongside each other (the MPI alone would have been just fine). It is one of those Ford Logic™ things that my brain is too small to comprehend.
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11-12-2005, 09:40 PM
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i was gonna comment on that b4 i added the GT ute, but i love that
hell yea man look at is, looks like the longreach utes that came out, love it wit the rims too |
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11-12-2005, 09:45 PM
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imagine all the eskys you could fit in there......mmmmmmmmm. beer
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11-12-2005, 09:48 PM
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That above Red El ute looks awesome!!!
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13-12-2005, 10:40 PM
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I've seen that pic of the EL before, and it looks great, far better than the XH. As for the EB GT ute. I love it! It looks tough as, and I want one!
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why was there now ea-ed shaped ute
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