ford.i8 roll call.

by **Kenaz** » August 7th, 2007, 10:58 pm

Guys, interested to know how many of ya's have been around since back in the day?

Off the top of my head...

Kenaz
dansedgli
Sundeep
needfordspeed
old_mate
Walkinshaw
galapogos
Thanatos
Rmyers
sphell

That's all I can think of at the moment. It's late and my head hurts so apologies to anyone obvious I may have missed. :oops:

Ash

by **Kenaz** » August 7th, 2007, 11:12 pm

lol I friggin knew I'd forget someone obvious :oops:

Sorry Dan, list updated

by **Kenaz** » August 7th, 2007, 11:16 pm

Your internet skillz are clearly far superior to mine :ugeek:

by **XRated** » August 8th, 2007, 12:37 am

I think I just missed it kents.i8 :cry:

by **BI6TIM** » August 8th, 2007, 7:25 am

I signed up about 5 or 6 years ago to what ever site was being used at the time as 'Tugboat'.
I signed up on someone elses computer because I didn't have my own so I obviously didnt' post much. That was just before Lukey039 was elected QLD Rep for eseries, I met luke a panel shop and he told me about the club.
I signed up as tugboat because that's what they used to call me at QuickFit tyres where I worked at the time.
I went to every cruise Luke ever put on, I knew they were on via txt message on my phone, thanks Luke when you see this.

by **old_mate** » August 8th, 2007, 8:13 am

i think tim that you did qualify as ford.i8, same as luke. And Rollin. Not sure about OED666 or the others but yer

brent79 and Ed definately were but we dont see them around anymore.

by **RAVEN** » August 8th, 2007, 9:21 am

HAVE A LOOK HERE

http://web.archive.org/web/200111270653 ... rd.i8.com/

by **Commando** » August 8th, 2007, 9:31 am

nope, I missed out on i8. When did ford.i8 shut down?

by **Commando** » August 8th, 2007, 9:54 am

how long before 2003 was the merger?

by **Rmyers** » August 8th, 2007, 11:13 am

I wonder if anyone else from here still has the origional EAfalcon.com stickers, i still do!

by **BI6TIM** » August 8th, 2007, 11:37 am

Yeah, I would still have them but they went to Sims metal on the back window of my old EB wagon.

by **galapogos01** » August 8th, 2007, 11:45 am

i8 4 eva!

by **-jjM-** » August 8th, 2007, 1:27 pm

i was back as far as ff.com

by **someLS1** » August 8th, 2007, 1:37 pm

i was on fordmods back in 2003 i remember seeing eafalcon.com for a while but i thought it was only for ea's so didnt think el owners were welcome hehe then i moved across to eseries probably 2+ years ago

by **[RUQ1KA]** » August 8th, 2007, 2:27 pm

I've been around since around the time the EA-ED club and EF-EL club joined together (i remember there was alot of talk about it when i first started lurking). First time I joined the forums though was in May 2003 when I first got the EA

Rmyers wrote:I wonder if anyone else from here still has the origional EAfalcon.com stickers, i still do!

HAHA my EA still has them, but their peeling off/ sun damaged now, and the guy who owned it for the last 3 years peeled off the "E" so now a few of them read AFALCON.COM

I have a vinyl cutter so I can make some new ones for it, i'll do it when it gets registered no need for it right now if it just sits in the garage

by **BI6TIM** » August 8th, 2007, 6:12 pm

old_mate wrote:brent79 and Ed definately were but we dont see them around anymore.

Can't remember brent79 but I do still see ED around the traps, not on the forums though.

by **oneredED** » August 8th, 2007, 6:31 pm

The .i8 clan was before my time. Not sure how long before my time, but I joined FF.com (the original) in May 2003. Damn thats over 4 years?! I need a new car. :cry:

by **old_mate** » August 9th, 2007, 8:40 pm

brent79 converted his CFI 3 spd wagon into a MPI 5 speed with a full Ghia interior. Quite the pioneer back in the day. Then along came Walky with his EF/EL into EA attempt

by **SNR** » August 10th, 2007, 6:58 pm

I have a feeling I came onto i8 just before it moved to FF.com? --SileNceR

by **Black EL** » August 11th, 2007, 3:45 pm

I was there. but i was CATman back then.

by **LUXO_8** » August 11th, 2007, 5:14 pm

i'd found i8 but didnt join up. found fordforums.com and joined up there, then the merger happened and i joined eseries

by **stevo** » August 11th, 2007, 5:19 pm

I wasnt part of I8 , It was EA-ED club, and i found effalcon.com. Merged not long after i think then i joined up to the eseries club. Then i think i joined fordforums.com around April 2003.

by **Malakai** » August 12th, 2007, 1:51 am

This thread is interesting indeed. It's good to hear the history.

I caught up with the guys up here when things were all go on FF.com. That's four years ago now.

The I8 site looks scary!

by **MightyXR6Turbo** » August 12th, 2007, 8:33 pm

I wasn't around in the old ford.i8 days, but it couldn't have been too long after the join with FF.com since I joined the EA-D Club with my NA Fairlane and from what I remember, I was one of the first (if not the first) to put EL Ghia seats/trims into an EA-D (well I put them in my NA but yeah) then after that Walki went onto do the whole conversion in the EAL..

by **Walkinshaw** » August 12th, 2007, 9:58 pm

Yeah, I'm an i8 sloth.

Wheres Ben & Grandpa when you need a laugh.

Who remembers "I used a dipstick to try and start my car and it caught fire"

by **Sunboost** » August 13th, 2007, 10:12 am

Walkinshaw wrote:Who remembers "I used a dipstick to try and start my car and it caught fire"

It didn't go quite like that I don't think.

Someone claimed that they could get a EA hotwired using the park lights to power the fuel pump and then put power to the starter relay which would do this, that or the other and lead to the motor starting or some junk. I think it was Ben - and obviously was also BS.

A lot of theoretical arguments ensued, mainly from that clued up guy EA238.

Then, not long after EA238 put up a thread claiming he'd tried the theory and in the process blown a fuel line or something off and a spark from the starter relay ignited the fuel which was pissing out on to a nearby new model Mercedes of some sort.

EA238 then threatened legal action against Ben and said he'd gone back to all of Ben's posts and saved them, and was going to use these posts to try and sue him for the damage to his own car and the damage to the Mercedes as his own insurance wouldn't cover him.

More arguments, laughter and pity followed until EA238 declared it was all a lie. It was the funniest shit ever I swear, that was one of the best threads on Ford.i8 and I remember LOLing a lot at it.

by **XRated** » August 13th, 2007, 10:20 am

Haha that sounds like a pisser. I wish one of you guys saved it...

by **Ef_frmnt** » August 14th, 2007, 2:39 pm

lukey still has the old eafalcon.com sticker on his red demon. its running some good times now. mid to low 14s with only 3.45s in the ass. quickshifter and diffgears and he will crack a 13.. :lol:

by **SNR** » August 16th, 2007, 8:26 pm

I've got a photo somewhere of Karl's green EB with eafalcon.com stickers on the side skirts...

by **Inferno** » August 17th, 2007, 10:12 pm

I'm a very quiet member, but I was part of the EA-ED club before the merger with EF-EL club

Probably the only Tassie member makes it hard to hob nob with you on the mainland

I think it was about 2002 I joined, also back in the day when it was just ff.com

by **Alesia** » August 21st, 2007, 12:31 pm

SNR wrote:I've got a photo somewhere of Karl's green EB with eafalcon.com stickers on the side skirts...

from memory karl had the eafalcon number plate surround on the back too

by **OED666** » August 21st, 2007, 4:54 pm

i think i joined up in 2002... wow, a long time ago. i remember Brent79, i met him a few times.

by **lukey039** » August 29th, 2007, 8:30 pm

BI6TIM wrote:I signed up about 5 or 6 years ago to what ever site was being used at the time as 'Tugboat'.
I signed up on someone elses computer because I didn't have my own so I obviously didnt' post much. That was just before Lukey039 was elected QLD Rep for eseries, I met luke a panel shop and he told me about the club.
I signed up as tugboat because that's what they used to call me at QuickFit tyres where I worked at the time.
I went to every cruise Luke ever put on, I knew they were on via txt message on my phone, thanks Luke when you see this.

Yep add me to the list.I think from memory Tim I found the site by accident "google EA Falcon"One of the best cars made,well I love mine and couldn't believe that there was other people out there who did too, and low and behold "fordi8" popped up didn't make sense at the time but it started out as a small group back then and now look at it.I can remember when I started to modify my car.Might laugh now as its not as modified as all of you today but back in the day 15.2 was pretty quick for an EA and everyone was always wondering what I was going to do next,there were not to many cars that were modified bar exhaust.For ages there I was the only one.Then everyone caught up to me and then some(read getting WAXED).I can remember when Karls Yellow EA ran a 15.3 which was bloody quick.Can anyone remember Bass Crazy?? He was poineer as well,that stero setup Ef manifold conversion before me and at home paint job that one a few awards.His was also an 88 model like mine but I think it might have been an 87.Its amazing what a few years can do .Crow 825 was one of the biggest cams you could get (which I had for ages) now its a tow cam.

Thanks Tim.It was great being the Rep for all those years we had some good meets but it was time to hand over the rains to new blood I think I had a fair go and you have filled my shoes fine.

Ef_frmnt wrote:lukey still has the old eafalcon.com sticker on his red demon. its running some good times now. mid to low 14s with only 3.45s in the ass. quickshifter and diffgears and he will crack a 13..

Yep still have the Ea sticker on there with pride.Did get some "what is that from" some of the new members but thats were it all started.So far a 14.5 hopefully there is still more once Iam let out of my cage.

And I do remember Brent79 good bloke.Disappeared!

Was ScoopeED apart of that as well.He's putting that 351 into his ED from memory.

O I did not have lukey039 as my user name it was my first time yes virgin so I stuffed up and had my full name there for awile. :oops:

by **Dented XR8** » September 14th, 2007, 12:08 am

Why is it everytime you guys shift forums I'm the last too know! I haven't dissappeared for that long surely

I was around in the ford.i8 days, I think my username back then was xploded ea or something similar. Had my dad's rosewood coloured EA wagon at the very beggining then bought a sky blue EA sedan.It's weird seeing all those old names thrown around again. Alot of funny threads from back in the day, that Ben guy was always good for a laugh and all that stuff with GrampaHenry or whatever his name was, the EA with a 351 that did the triple tonne or some rubbish and he ended up bein a 13yr old kid or something? Alot of people thought he was the god of E-series till he was found out, that's going way back towards the begging there aswell. And I'm another one to of had something to do with Brent79, I'm sure I bought a full set of EA or EB Fairmont seats and an XR6 camshaft off him for not alot of money, really nice bloke. Didn't he put climate control in his car aswell, and wasn't he talking of selling the wagon before he dissappeared???

And speaking of selling cars it's the reason for my dissappearance from the old forums lately and will be the reason I'll be dissappearing from the forums in future, I just listed my car for sale on carsales.com today and have been trying to flog off spare parts for the last few weeks on fordforums (I have an explorer manifold and full set of pedders lowered suspension for a V8 for sale if anyone is interested). My time owning an E-Series is up and I'm going to be buying a 4wd, already put a deposit on it and everything. I'll miss owning a Falcon but I'll be relieved aswell as I haven't had the best of runs with either Falcon I've owned.

Great to find all you guys again!

by **Damo** » September 14th, 2007, 1:23 am

Hey this guy Ed, are you still asian ?

Brent79 still use to pop into the IRC channel from time to time, he kept buying EA's and NA's on ebay by accident because he would put in low bids and win, then he was stuck with a heaps of cars and nothing to do with them or something. I don't know lol.

Anyway did you get the paint and stuff all fixed properly on your EF ? Cobalt Blue EF XR's are soooo rare, if you were in melbourne i would e tempted to buy.

GL with the sale.

by **Dented XR8** » September 14th, 2007, 6:19 pm

Damo wrote:Hey this guy Ed, are you still asian ?

Brent79 still use to pop into the IRC channel from time to time, he kept buying EA's and NA's on ebay by accident because he would put in low bids and win, then he was stuck with a heaps of cars and nothing to do with them or something. I don't know lol.

Anyway did you get the paint and stuff all fixed properly on your EF ? Cobalt Blue EF XR's are soooo rare, if you were in melbourne i would e tempted to buy.

GL with the sale.

Last time I checked I still think I was

Honestly I haven't touched the paint work which is why it's cheap compared to others for sale on carsales and I'm willing to go even lower.

by **BI6TIM** » September 15th, 2007, 10:46 pm

It's a shame, the way things went for you Ed, that's for sure.
I'm glad I was able to benefit from the demise of your light blue EA though. The Pacemakers I bought off you are still in active service but the rest of that exhaust only lasted one spirited drive over Mt. Mee.
Don't let the fact that you don't have a falcon, stop you from coming down to say g'day on a thursday night though. You'll always be welcome Ed, your one of the originals!

by **Dented XR8** » September 16th, 2007, 2:21 pm

BI6TIM wrote:Don't let the fact that you don't have a falcon, stop you from coming down to say g'day on a thursday night though. You'll always be welcome Ed, your one of the originals!

Not having a Falcon won't stop me from coming down, it'll be the lazyness factor coming into play.

Glad those extractors are still goin strong

by **Sunboost** » January 13th, 2015, 11:16 pm

Who's still around? Shame you can't tag people like on FB lel #14yearsstrong

by **old_mate** » January 14th, 2015, 8:13 am

Still lurking

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