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03-11-2010, 02:10 PM | #1 | ||
Long live the Falcon GT
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vic...-1225947003680
EA used in smash-n-grabs in northern and northwestern suburbs of Melbourne... So they've finally found a good use for an EA Falcon??? hahah ;)
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03-11-2010, 02:19 PM | #2 | ||
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I'm no expert but are you sure its an EA?
Colour coded bumpers, those wheels...? |
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03-11-2010, 02:39 PM | #3 | ||
Long live the Falcon GT
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Looks like a 3.9i Ghia badge on the side... (EA II Ghia?)
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03-11-2010, 02:39 PM | #4 | ||
Meep Meep
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I love the comment;
"Just imagine the damage to the ram rod if it was a Holdon(sic)"
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03-11-2010, 02:40 PM | #5 | ||
Long live the Falcon GT
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Also has the 'telltale' vents on the rear pillar (between psgr window and rear windscreen)
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03-11-2010, 02:41 PM | #6 | ||
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Its an EA series 1 Fairmont Ghia
The criminal masterminds obviously needed a little luxury for their crime spree! haha |
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03-11-2010, 02:44 PM | #7 | ||
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EA still recognizable and drivable after ram raiding 7 shops? That's a win.
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03-11-2010, 03:27 PM | #8 | ||||
Parts bin special
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03-11-2010, 05:04 PM | #9 | ||||
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I loved this comment most of all;
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03-11-2010, 07:13 PM | #10 | ||
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Poor old EA. Not a bad car, just a bit underdone. I had one - it was a great car.
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03-11-2010, 07:16 PM | #11 | ||
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poor EA :-(
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03-11-2010, 07:46 PM | #12 | ||
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Years ago, I brought an EA ex-taxi. It had 720,000km on the clock. I drove it for about 30,000km and cooked the motor. I thought a exchange gem engine would be a good idea , as machining costs on a rebuild might be expensive on an engine that used, reboring oval conrods, etc,etc. Before I sent the taxi motor off I thought to take a look at the main bearings, and to my surprize it had ford july 1988 stamped into the outside of the bearing shell. Thought 750,000km on original bearing was pretty good.
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03-11-2010, 07:53 PM | #13 | |||
let it burn
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I just finished stripping some gear out of one and had it hoisted on a truck today, chain through the front windows to lift it. I was waiting for the roof to crush, screen to pop, nope, just buckled the tops of the doors a little. Tough as nails.
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03-11-2010, 08:08 PM | #14 | ||
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I see your point fmc351, my memory of it was the bearing date was close to built date. It was a good old bus.
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03-11-2010, 08:17 PM | #15 | ||
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Compared to a VN, the EA was a Diamond.
It was just weird that given such long development time, they failed to get so many things right until about the EB2. |
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03-11-2010, 08:27 PM | #16 | ||
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Clearly not an EA.. it says 'stolen vehicle' and we all know EA's are an impenetrable forcefield of anti-theft security. Possibly stolen from some old dear's driveway using a pair of scissors and a gum leaf. I also recall an EA being used to yank an ATM out of a wall about 5 years ago. ATM-1 EA-0
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03-11-2010, 08:37 PM | #17 | ||
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Ah. I miss my old EA Ghia. One of few factory manuals and the lovely blue interior.
Never had any head gasket issues on it either, despite it overheating many times due to dodgy hoses!
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04-11-2010, 03:29 AM | #18 | |||
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