Check out this EA Ute........

[Donny]

Last week I was just headin out from my place and saw this dog ugly thing. Just thought I would share the pics with you all. It's a shame we all couldnt close our eyes to the EA model, a permanant blot on Fords History...

P.S. Sorry for the cruddy pics, I took em with my Phone.

[Fairlane]

I thinks its OK. It would be pretty cool with a respray in Blueprint and some of the newer style (EF/EL) wagon tailights and a general tidy up.

[Donny]

Anything to get it away from an EA look would be great. Blueprint here on the Gold Coast is so over done that its boaring now. Nearly every second xr seems to be blueprint. It's a great colour, had one till a month ago (Blueprint XR), but too manny around now. I would do it in the current Yellow, throw some black stripes on it (not BA ones)....Could be ok then.

[XRated]

There is nothing wrong with a good condition EA. Don't be so pretentious. Obviously there were some duds with the EAs, as there are with any model.

That ute is just embarrassing! It would look at home in a wreckers.

[coyote]

I think you are all a bit hard.

It looks to me like a work in progress and on a limited budget these things can take time.

At least it is different, I would like to see it when it is finished.

[LUXO_8]

obviously its had some cash thrown at it at some stage. ute conversions arent cheap!


painted, lowered and with some nice rims, it would look awesome...

[XRated]

Originally Posted by coyote

I think you are all a bit hard.

It looks to me like a work in progress and on a limited budget these things can take time.

At least it is different, I would like to see it when it is finished.

Yes you're right, I didn't look at it in that way.

There is a burgandy EA ute with EL exterior that looks really nicely done.

[Aeron]

There was a nice one in Greystanes a few years ago, made from a wagon. It was dark blue with the Ford logo pressed into the tailgate. Looke good too.

[Raptor]

Permanent blot on Ford history...who the hell do you think you are xagt coupe.

The EA was the first Falcon to drag the Falcon's engineering out of the 60's and thus the first one to really gain my respect.

Sure this EA ute looks a bit dodgy with stock povo pack wheelcovers, different colour panels and misaligned gaps everywhere but give the guy a break. He's doing something individual and all works-in-progress have these stages. It'd catch my eye quicker than yet another GT :the_finge

This was once just another thrashed EA too;



from http://www.trueblueford.com/EL_utes.html

[HOON69]

certainly different i give em that

[coyote]

[QUOTE=Raptor]

This was once just another thrashed EA too;

QUOTE]

Best thrashed ute I have seen in a long time

[XplosiveR6]

Originally Posted by Raptor

Permanent blot on Ford history...who the hell do you think you are xagt coupe.

The EA was the first Falcon to drag the Falcon's engineering out of the 60's and thus the first one to really gain my respect.

Sure this EA ute looks a bit dodgy with stock povo pack wheelcovers, different colour panels and misaligned gaps everywhere but give the guy a break. He's doing something individual and all works-in-progress have these stages. It'd catch my eye quicker than yet another GT :the_finge

This was once just another thrashed EA too;



from http://www.trueblueford.com/EL_utes.html

is that the hillers ute? is used to love that ute, always thaught thats what ford should have originaly done, instead of keeping an XD! body for all those years

[LUXO_8]

yep its the hillier one, started out as a CFI EA GL Wagon.........

it's still CFi 3speed auto, still has the EA Dash.. just looks insane

[ToxikXR]

We cant all afford the best.

And a spray job and a decent set of wheels will get it looking good again.

[Donny]

Originally Posted by Raptor

Permanent blot on Ford history...who the hell do you think you are xagt coupe.

I stand by what I said earlier, the EA was a s@^t box!! Ask any mechanic who ever has the distinct displeasure to eva work on them (Myself included) The cfi system was a joke, the car was so poorly constructed, the engine wasnt much betta than the 4.1litre it replaced. The car was a BLOT on FORD's history, or if you think blot is too harsh, then it was a LEMON!!!!

Thats MY opinion, dont like it? st!ff s@^t, get ova it.

Donny

[Dav0]

[QUOTE=xagt_coupe]

Originally Posted by Raptor

Permanent blot on Ford history...who the hell do you think you are xagt coupe.[?QUOTE]

I stand by what I said earlier, the EA was a box!! Ask any mechanic who ever has the distinct displeasure to eva work on them (Myself included) The cfi system was a joke, the car was so poorly constructed, the engine wasnt much betta than the 4.1litre it replaced. The car was a BLOT on FORD's history, or if you think blot is too harsh, then it was a LEMON!!!!

Thats MY opinion, dont like it? st!ff , get ova it.

Donny

them is fighting words.....but seriously there is an EB/ED "ute" up here in cairns. its in a dark metallic blue with some 18" (iirc) wheels.....ill post up some pics 2morrow.

[saleen]

Originally Posted by xagt_coupe

I stand by what I said earlier, the EA was a s@^t box!! Ask any mechanic who ever has the distinct displeasure to eva work on them (Myself included) The cfi system was a joke, the car was so poorly constructed, the engine wasnt much betta than the 4.1litre it replaced. The car was a BLOT on FORD's history, or if you think blot is too harsh, then it was a LEMON!!!!

Thats MY opinion, dont like it? st!ff s@^t, get ova it.

Donny

You struggled with an EA and call yourself a mechanic??? lol

[LUXO_8]

Originally Posted by saleen

You struggled with an EA and call yourself a mechanic??? lol

haha good call..... ea's are pretty simple to work on....

[Donny]

Well, we all know the EB was the 'fix' for the EA, didnt look much betta, but fixed a fair amount of the ea issues....While they do look betta done up, they are still an ea, an I say you cant polish a turd.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by xagt_coupe

Anything to get it away from an EA look would be great. Blueprint here on the Gold Coast is so over done that its boaring now. Nearly every second xr seems to be blueprint. It's a great colour, had one till a month ago (Blueprint XR), but too manny around now. I would do it in the current Yellow, throw some black stripes on it (not BA ones)....Could be ok then.

What's wrong with the EA look? Sure the early EAs had some serious quality issues but right from a young age, I've found the EA to be a great looking car. They have aged very well, so they still look good. Not all EAs were lemons. It's just like the GenIII Commodores. A lot of them are oil burning piston rattling dogs, but there are still plenty of good ones. The fact Ford kept the same basic exterior design with very minor cosmetic changes from the 88' EA right through till the ED was replaced in 94' says a lot about the timeless looks of the EA Falcon.

But I agree that ute is ugly.


ps. Actually, my Dad had an XA GT coupe when he was young and it suffered a lot of electrical problems, so does that make the XA GT a lemon? I think not. Just you get the odd bad one.

[S3SR]

the second pic of the white EA ute with the grey door i thought it was a subaru brumby (now proton jumbuck) at first glimpse..

i agree they should have used the tray section instead of that XD one <-that was the blot on ford history

sorry but i thought the EA/EB wasnt too bad a few issues THEY GIVE MY AUIII a run for me money both stock (except a thermo in the EA) and both cars swap drivers second time around soooo i dont think those issues are really that bad :

[AC]

It does look a bit woeful as it is at the moment. Nothing that cant be fixed

Although, when i was at the summernats a few years ago i did see a EB Tray back.
Here it is, i did take a photo...

[Donny]

Originally Posted by saleen

You struggled with an EA and call yourself a mechanic??? lol

What post are you readin? where did I say I struggled with EA's?
What eva your smokin, I think you need another toke......

I said they were displeasurable to work on, not difficult. But then again, have you ever changed the hall effect device inside the dizzy in one of these fitted with the Multipoint EFI system while they are still stinking hot?

I worked as an EFI technician at the time, (Early through to late 90's) and we used to get 2 or 3 EA's every day on average. The only other one type of car we had come in with some regularity were the 80's 300zx Nissans needing their injectors serviced, and anyone who has done this before knows thats a big job, top of manifold off, fuel rails etc etc, all injector plugs replaced with new ones......When we werent stuck on EA's, we had Audis, BMW's, late American Stuff like Trans-Ams and Camaros etc etc......

[Raptor]

Originally Posted by 2ndOwner

.....
Although, when i was at the summernats a few years ago i did see a EB Tray back.

There's a feature on this in the current Street Machine Fords magazine. Now adorned with a bonnet mural :

[NZ]

I would love it if it had the seperate tub ala AU and the back of tha cabin didnt angle down like the commodores do

[RavenLS1]

saythe same about these xagt_coupe!!! :

[Dezza]

That EB "GT" ute is hot. The one tonner is quite nice even if I don't like the current bonnet mural. As for that twin cab : I like the paint and rims but the tub just looks weird.

[Dav0]

yeh that "GT" one is the one up here in cairns that i was goin to post up....it looks sweet as in real life.

[EBII Fairmont]

Originally Posted by xagt_coupe

Well, we all know the EB was the 'fix' for the EA, didnt look much betta, but fixed a fair amount of the ea issues....While they do look betta done up, they are still an ea, an I say you cant polish a turd.

Hey, I have no EA. The EB/D are good looking cars, just because your jealous you will never own one as good as mine . But they are by far not the best, I'll give you that much.

[Donny]

Originally Posted by THE_RAVEN

saythe same about these xagt_coupe!!!

You asked 4 it...
Car number 1 looks like a poxy attempt at a photoshop chop.
Car number 2 looks allright, the rear sides look a little wierd. Allways personally thought the EB and EL GT looked like over blown tupplewear things.
Car number 3 yeah......what about it.

Still my opinion, it will neva change, get ova it.

Originally Posted by EBII Fairmont

Hey, I have no EA. The EB/D are good looking cars, just because your jealous you will never own one as good as mine . But they are by far not the best, I'll give you that much.

Just because im jealous...... : BWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!
As for owning an EA, you couldn't eva give me one, I would consider an EF or EL, for a few seconds....

I havent laughed that hard in years....THANKS