Boosted Falcon

anyone made their car a convertible?

opinions please.. dno if it would look ugly as shit or hot as alba.

i dont know if it would look ugly as shit, but i dont think it would look good... just dont think the look of the car suits a convertible.. then again i could be wrong

isn't the EA-ED based on the FoxBody mustangs which are convertibles ?

just quickly chop the roof off just to give you an idea of what it would look like. can re-attach it later

MMD wrote:isn't the EA-ED based on the FoxBody mustangs which are convertibles ?

just quickly chop the roof off just to give you an idea of what it would look like. can re-attach it later

actually you might be right.. lol at cutting the roof off and re-attaching later

Aha well I'm gna do some research and see what I come up with. Should be able to cut and weld everything, but rego-ing wil be the main concern. I reckon she'd look alright, especially in the Slate colour. This would be an e-series first?

ive seen a 98 fairlane convertable Farkin hot as!

Ive seen a VN commodore convertible over here....... Looked decent..... For a VN.....

fark someone beaten me to it... well at least it doesn't have the ea-ed shell.

does anyone know the legalities of altering the body's construction? Because i turboing is basically impossible in NSW due to emmissions rules (extractors are technically illegal since they alter the emmissions, but who's gonna stop them.. a turbo would be too suss though), thought maybe I chop her up.

Will be a few problems though if I was only cutting.. where bonnet meets windscreen and window edge of door wouldn't line up without some serious fabrication, same with cutting out the top of the doors around the window glass... interesting thinking though.

The roof of any E series is structurly important to the chassis, if you remove the roof the chassis will warp.

I've seen it done on an XD falcon in Tasmania, but i reckon reinforcing the chassis would be essential.

Ive seen a 2 door Red EBII or ED (i forget) XR8 convertible. Street legal over in NZ.

You will need to pay a metric shitload of cash to have a certified vehicle modification shop alter all that. It's just not something that you could do DIY and then take it to be inspected.

How bout you wake up and take your hand off your penis?

yeh iv seen ea-ed convertibles before.
as said, you would be paying out your ass in engineering.

iv had a ed convertible before.... but it was only a bushbomb.... and yea it was scary 2 drive, you could feel the car flexing if you pushed it 2 hard around corners... was fun tho haha

Im pretty sure Autotek did 2 a while ago, red one and a multicolour one. May have been for Indy back in the day? 2 door drop tops FTW!!

i am sure i seen the hilliar brothers maker a e series convertible they made it before the AU coupe.

im sure sony did a promo ea coupe once, but not convertible.....certain ive got pic's somewhere. ill find em

check it.

Sony Scorcher There's another one as well I believe, but not done by Street Machine.

Autotek did a red EA convertible back when these things were new. From memory it looked quite good.

As for actually doing it, it's not really the sorta thing you could hack away at and then expect it to be legal. Unless you have a realistic idea of the bucks and engineering required, I'd be rethinking!

If you're just curious to see what it looks like, buy a $100 EA (there's lots around!), hack away, and then get a wrecker to pick it up once you're done.

oneredED wrote:Sony Scorcher There's another one as well I believe, but not done by Street Machine.

Yup, was featured in Street Fords, powered by a Turbo 6

Am I the only one that thinks the Sony Scorcher looks shit?

private9 wrote:Am I the only one that thinks the Sony Scorcher looks shit?

no.. its pretty average looking.. and its a shithouse colour

Fairmont888 wrote:

private9 wrote:Am I the only one that thinks the Sony Scorcher looks shit?

no.. its pretty average looking.. and its a shithouse colour

Shit colour, shit wheels, shit body mods, gay interior....
That car does absolutely NOTHING for me. I'd be happy to paddock bash it though!

private9 wrote:Am I the only one that thinks the Sony Scorcher looks shit?

i reckon it looks shit cause of the colour, wheels, bodykit. the 2 door looks ok. would probably look heaps better with a DECENT paint job.
orange just doesnt work with ea-ed

It's a pity I can't punch people over the internet.

89AIT wrote:It's a pity I can't punch people over the internet.

lol.. are you saying you would like to punch people for expressing their opinion??

private9 wrote:

Fairmont888 wrote:

private9 wrote:Am I the only one that thinks the Sony Scorcher looks shit?

no.. its pretty average looking.. and its a shithouse colour

Shit colour, shit wheels, shit body mods, gay interior....
That car does absolutely NOTHING for me. I'd be happy to paddock bash it though!

Bare in mind that this car was built quite a while before the modern e-series fashions were around.

youve got a good point there oneredED. i never really thought of it that way.

i think 89AIT wants to punch me im glad you cant punch people over the internet.

i did this quick chop of a 2 door chop i had previously done on my EB GT fakey

oneredED wrote:Bare in mind that this car was built quite a while before the modern e-series fashions were around.

Agreed! I was probably a little harsh in my sentiments, and while it did look like a quality car, in my opinion none of it worked - including the 2 door conversion.

FNL01 wrote:i did this quick chop of a 2 door chop i had previously done on my EB GT fakey

thats pretty shocking, but better then what i thought it would look like...

I reckon Scorcher is mint in theory. To look good these days it needs bigger rims, side skirts and slammage.
The one that was in StreetFords is the sister car to Scorcher. Both were built pretty shonky but still love it. V8 2door EA, whats not to love?

89AIT wrote:It's a pity I can't punch people over the internet.

I am going to invent a machine to do this and I will be rich!

Gunns wrote:

89AIT wrote:It's a pity I can't punch people over the internet.

I am going to invent a machine to do this and I will be rich!

i think your onto something Gunns