Half EA, half EF ??? - Ford Forums

NZ · 07-26-2002, 04:49

I was at the safeway today when this green car went past and I recognised it as an EA by the tail lights. It was resprayed in a lighter shade but very close to BP green. I was also missing the grey plastic peice down the side with the silver/red strip. What caught my attention though was as it turned the corner in the i noticed it had a clear front indicator - from an ef/el. I drove around the parking lot and found it and indeed, it had an EF front. Had EF headlights, bumper etc. It didn't look that great either. Sort of like a tryhard car if you know what I mean? Some people aye?

Troutman · 07-26-2002, 07:20

I've heard of this being done - someone once posted a link on our old forums.

As long as the owner is happy with it I guess

Xyphoid · 07-26-2002, 10:14

Yeah, I think Kypez Has an EF XR6 front End, on an EA S pac !

Thing Looks absolutely sweeet !
Took a While for me to realise that the car was origninaly an EA derivative, and actually impressed me more that he went to all that trouble to convert an EA to an EF XR !

gmanEA · 07-26-2002, 11:01

Id say its an EA Integral actually

MightyEFGhia · 07-29-2002, 07:40

I saw some guy driving round Adelaide in a dark blue XF with an EL XR front end on it.. How did he do it you ask? Well the XH XR utes front quarter panels bolt on nicely to the XD-F series falcons. Looked a bit odd though.

Troutman · 07-29-2002, 22:14

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Originally posted by MightyNA
I saw some guy driving round Adelaide in a dark blue XF with an EL XR front end on it.. How did he do it you ask? Well the XH XR utes front quarter panels bolt on nicely to the XD-F series falcons. Looked a bit odd though.

hehe that would look odd, but original! Personally I am most fond of the XD styling (out of XD-XE-XF) because the front and rear is most cohesive, yet attractive. Having the front and rear styling of a car 20 years apart isn't the look I would go for personally. :s3

EB2Ghia · 07-30-2002, 04:58

EL front on a XF......
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WHY?

XD 351 Ute · 07-30-2002, 05:21

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Originally posted by MightyNA
I saw some guy driving round Adelaide in a dark blue XF with an EL XR front end on it.. How did he do it you ask? Well the XH XR utes front quarter panels bolt on nicely to the XD-F series falcons. Looked a bit odd though.

The front panels don't simply bolt on actually...

There is a great deal of work involved in replacing the radiator support panel, as well as modifying both of the inner guard panels to allow the bonnet to close in the correct position.

The XH front is much lower in profie to that of the XD-XG panels originally used.

There was a couple of magazines a while back, (I think one was Street Machine), which featured a silver XD ute with such a conversion. From memory, in the article, the owner was asked if he'd do such a job again, and he stated something like, "No way"!

Ed :)

MADNC_8 · 07-30-2002, 06:34

oh damn someone posted this before me i considered it for my ute before i whacked the ZL Fairlane front on but its going now looks mighty crappy at the mo needs a paint

the dude that has the one in street machine isnt the guy that did the modifications.
it was in performance street car bout 2 years ago with for sale on it - and a couple of months after it was in the sidebar that it had been sold (i think his wife gave him the ultimatum!!!) anyways they guy in streetmachine that is now the owner said he did all the work and was caught out a couple of mags later by the guy that did it he wrote in pissed off like you wouldnt believe saying how the guy was a fraud and that

n e ways my 2 cents

RAPTOR · 07-30-2002, 18:04

You might be interested in this one. The original XH prototype ute. ED sedan front panels on XG ute rear. XH utes had the full front frame rails, suspension etc. of the sedans

Known as the White_Knight internally due to the colour and as a saviour for the Falcon Ute. Panels joined by a weld of the ED guard to XF/G guard (just in front of the side marker) and also the extension to the rear of the ED bonnet. AFAIK it still lives at the Ford proving grounds and was driven around undisguised during testing.