mad_ea_spac is back!!!

RUQ1KA · 18-07-2007, 09:38 PM

Hey!

Cruising through the pages of ebay this afternoon looking for parts for my EB I stumbled across my first car for sale (the people that have been in the club since 2003 will know it)! Its the car i regret ever selling and always wanted to buy it back well I FINALLY HAVE!

Im suprised it's exactly as i sold it! even still has the e-series stickers on it!
picking it up next weekend cant wait to have it back!

Got her back for $500 not bad considering i sold it for $1700 in 2004!

Here are some pics from when i owned it back in 04

the famous green bumper! (now on ea2ba's car)

and here are pics from the e-bay auction i bought it from

now comes the problem with my wagon. i dont know wether to keep going with it or stop that project strip it of all its good parts and throw them on the ea and send the wagon shell to sims metal

if i strip the wagon i can use its parts to make my ea an mpi 4 speeder, which is very tempting, but after all the hard work i just put into it?! ill have to have a good think about it i guess

anyway im so happy right now!

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BI6TIM · 18-07-2007, 10:00 PM

Nice one. I say strip the wagon and put the 4L into the EA. Don't bother with the 4 speed auto though, just go t5 straight up while you're at it!

RUQ1KA · 18-07-2007, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BI6TIM

Nice one. I say strip the wagon and put the 4L into the EA. Don't bother with the 4 speed auto though, just go t5 straight up while you're at it!

the EB's a 3.9 and the engines dumping oil, all i would use from that is the mpfi conversion if i was to wreck it,

dont know about t5 just yet my vx is a manual they are fun to drive but i kind of want and auto too. i guess ill see what happens when that time comes around

i deffinetly want to get rid of the pos cfi system the ea's running though

alesia · 18-07-2007, 10:10 PM

put the V6 + 5 speed from the VX in the EA and send the VX to Sims metal.

Olympus · 18-07-2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by alesia

put the V6 + 5 speed from the VX in the EA and send the VX to Sims metal.

GOLD Jerry, GOLD!!!

RUQ1KA · 18-07-2007, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by alesia

put the V6 + 5 speed from the VX in the EA and send the VX to Sims metal.

The V6 is the most unreliable POS engine i have ever owned why would i want to put that in the ea? lol the EA's better off with it's standard engine! :P

Bipolar · 19-07-2007, 08:37 AM

That's a nice happy story to start the day off with - better than one of those soppy emails people circulate. You're lucky - I wish I could get my first Ford back (MkIII 2.0 Escort Rally Pack). If I was in your shoes, the sentimental value of the EA would outweigh the ED.

DBourne · 19-07-2007, 08:38 AM

thats awesome!!
small world isn't it!

DEVL-XR · 19-07-2007, 09:09 AM

OMG I've always wondered whos car this was. It's always parked near Vic Roads in Bendigo and whilst driving past one day I noticed the stickers but I never seen the car on here. Very small world!

raised by monkeys · 19-07-2007, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Olympus

GOLD Jerry, GOLD!!!

Psycho Chicken · 19-07-2007, 01:28 PM

You can get it towed when it throws a fan belt all over again.

mcflux · 19-07-2007, 01:31 PM

Needs the corty's roof racks.

*edit* nice WWW.EAFALCON.COM sticker :P

RUQ1KA · 19-07-2007, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bipolar

That's a nice happy story to start the day off with - better than one of those soppy emails people circulate. You're lucky - I wish I could get my first Ford back (MkIII 2.0 Escort Rally Pack). If I was in your shoes, the sentimental value of the EA would outweigh the ED.

Yeah came as a shock to me when i was reading the ebay ad, then had a closer look and realised it was it! The more i think about it the more i think that stripping the wagon of its good bits is the best idea having 3 cars is too much for regos, insurance etc :(

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Originally Posted by BradensEBxr6

OMG I've always wondered whos car this was. It's always parked near Vic Roads in Bendigo and whilst driving past one day I noticed the stickers but I never seen the car on here. Very small world!

Is it still in good condition? the auction said it was in excellent condition so hopefully it aint too much worse off from when i owned it some 3 yrs ago

haha yeah, its suprising i even found it! i usually look at pictures on ebay and click what ever grabs my attention. the car didn't have gallery images, must of been pure luck that i clicked on it!

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

You can get it towed when it throws a fan belt all over again.

That was the ED, and it didn't get towed:P

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Originally Posted by Ghia5L

*edit* nice WWW.EAFALCON.COM sticker

Even the turbo blade stickers are going to have WWW.EAFALCON.COM under them:P shows how long that cars really been in the club! lol

Serial_Fool · 19-07-2007, 11:08 PM

If you deciede to wreck the wagon, ill put my hand up for Rear Door Struts and Tail lights.

DEVL-XR · 19-07-2007, 11:56 PM

Not sure how good of condition it is. Only drove past and noticed the stickers.

RUQ1KA · 20-07-2007, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Serial_Fool

If you deciede to wreck the wagon, ill put my hand up for Rear Door Struts and Tail lights.

It will probably happen. im just going to wait till i have the EA before i start deciding to strip the wagon

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Originally Posted by BradensEBxr6

Not sure how good of condition it is. Only drove past and noticed the stickers.

no worries

im just hoping its pretty close to how it was when it left me, it had a respray just before i bought it!

89 S-PACK · 20-07-2007, 06:08 PM

numberplates are different in the pics.... someone must of lost one or got a new set so it wasnt easily recognised..( ive had to do that)

RUQ1KA · 20-07-2007, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 89 S-PACK

numberplates are different in the pics.... someone must of lost one or got a new set so it wasnt easily recognised..( ive had to do that)

I sold it unrego'd (with no plates) and unrwc thats why it has different plates:P

Cashed the rego because I had just paid it a month before i sold it!

89 S-PACK · 20-07-2007, 09:50 PM

ah ok.... just curious. i would do the same thing! if i only had just paid the rego

EA2BA · 20-07-2007, 10:17 PM

the Green bumper, that found a good home

............. my car

RUQ1KA · 20-07-2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by EA2BA

the Green bumper, that found a good home

............. my car

Looks better on yours too:P

I never get around to painting things... I just slap them on how i get them HAHA!

huggiebear · 21-07-2007, 12:19 AM

kinda sad to see the wagon stopped... wagons rule... but atleast you got a sunroof now

huggiebear · 21-07-2007, 12:22 AM

also looks a different exhaust or exhaust tip, your pics shows a large chrome one the ebay pics look like stock pipe and small

RUQ1KA · 21-07-2007, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by huggiebear

also looks a different exhaust or exhaust tip, your pics shows a large chrome one the ebay pics look like stock pipe and small

Yeah I noticed that, I remember i had to chop the exhaust to fix that tip on it (it was only screwed on with the bolts it came with), I wonder if its a new exhaust or he just removed the tip and left the exhaust as it is

Eitherway I dont mind because I have a spare oval tip for it, similar to the one on my VX except the tip isnt rolled at the end

RUQ1KA · 28-07-2007, 06:13 PM

Well i picked it up today, its a little worse for wear

The clearcoat problem on the roof has gotten worse about 100X worse!

The door handles that i painted have started peeling:( and front drivers doorhandle has stopped working

Front bumper is White on the top

Spoler has cracked - Not going to keep this one anyway

The Beast Cfi engine is damn dusty!

Smells like a cigarette, and looks like it hasnt been washed or polished the whole 3 years the guy owned it!

But suprisingly still drives almost better than my commodore!

I have got a hell of alot of work ahead of me, I plan to take it in for a RWC on monday!

Serial_Fool · 29-07-2007, 04:13 PM

Good luck