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Old 11-10-2014, 11:37 PM   #1
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Default spotted: SONY SCORCHER COUPE

As the title says I managed to spot pulled over in a petrol station up near Maroochydore, the one of a kind sony scorcher coupe

Being the massive custom falcon coupe fan I am I ran over and asked what was obviously a pretty exhausted bloke if it was the original scorcher coupe, said it sure is! He seemed really exhausted so I didn't bombard him with questions and I just asked if I could take a photo which he said was fine. Said he was heading down to gold coast so it'll be interesting to see cruising around if it it put back on the road
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Old 12-10-2014, 12:07 AM   #2
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Wasn't the previous owner a member on here? Was getting a fairly serious motor built for it if I remember right?

Still one of the best looking e series ever.
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Old 12-10-2014, 12:09 AM   #3
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Old 12-10-2014, 12:37 AM   #4
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Hasn't changed, I'm sure they were the wheels it had when it was built.

Good spotting....
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Old 12-10-2014, 12:47 AM   #5
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That is a great spot Stagg!! Glad to see its alive!!
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Old 12-10-2014, 02:38 AM   #6
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I thought WHHHAAAT Sony is getting into the car business (other than stereos)?
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Saw it this afternoon on the trailer still on the Gold Coast.
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Did the original have a bmw twin rectangle grille or is my memory playing tricks?
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Did the original have a bmw twin rectangle grille or is my memory playing tricks?
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Old 12-10-2014, 08:55 PM   #10
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I saw a convertible EA/EB in gladstone which had a BMW twin grill grafted on a fair while ago.
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Old 12-10-2014, 09:36 PM   #11
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doesn't look to be too bad condition seeing how long ago it was built now, is that an intercooler in the front bar.
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Old 12-10-2014, 09:53 PM   #12
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I saw a convertible EA/EB in gladstone which had a BMW twin grill grafted on a fair while ago.
I heard about that one but never seen it, I believe that was another show car by either Sony or Alpine. I wonder if anyone has seen it recently...
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Old 13-10-2014, 03:10 PM   #13
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I remember when it was being built me and my mates used to sit at the back of the oval smoking ciggie's in high school drooling over the car we were all ford nut's

Also it has an intercooler cause the car was rebuilt in the mid 2000's it was on fordmods forum the guy fitted an intercooler for a procharger system also it was re-sprayed at that time by drago ostric the guy with the gemini that won grandchampion.
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Old 13-10-2014, 03:15 PM   #14
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I saw a convertible EA/EB in gladstone which had a BMW twin grill grafted on a fair while ago.
Back in the late 90s there was a convertible EA Wagon in Street Machine Magazine with a BMW twin nostril grill. 1999 I think
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i wonder when the scorcher made the trip from NSW to QLD? I know up till recently, it was owned by a bloke here in western Sydney, he had it for years..
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Old 13-10-2014, 03:57 PM   #17
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Looks like an EA original grille is all it had, now has twin pipes I see, pics I can find show a single pipe.
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Old 13-10-2014, 06:21 PM   #18
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i wonder when the scorcher made the trip from NSW to QLD? I know up till recently, it was owned by a bloke here in western Sydney, he had it for years..

That was when I spotted it haha the bloke in the Ute said he just drove it up from Sydney, so it's literally just moved up here
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I wonder if anyone in the forums knows the guy who just bought it! It's bound to be spotted again back on the road around Queensland soon too. Not sure where the driver lived (thought it was a bit personal to ask) but it's on the gold coast I know that much
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Out of interest is it still the only EA-ED coupe conversion done? Ithink i remember seeing another in street fords but it may have been the same car, but it was orange over white..
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Did somebody whack on the EF/EL door handle or was that original? Looks out of place.
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Out of interest is it still the only EA-ED coupe conversion done? Ithink i remember seeing another in street fords but it may have been the same car, but it was orange over white..
That's the second shell they built I think, definitely a different car.

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That one is only a 6cyl, maybe has a turbo
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On a slightly more serious note.. How much work do you think is in the 2 door conversion? And legalities if its done?
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Is it just me or does that body shape actually seem to somehow look way better as a two door like that than a four door, even allowing they have the exact same roof line...?
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Yeah I reckon they lucked out choosing a boxcar to turn into a two door, I doubt any other shape would look as 'right'
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I believe they are original
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My EA Hybrid BA headlights would have looked awesome in that car I reckon.
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On a slightly more serious note.. How much work do you think is in the 2 door conversion? And legalities if its done?
Hardest part would be cutting and re-attaching the B-pillar to the standard an engineer requires.
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