The wagon thread.

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » July 16th, 2009, 1:44 pm

Commando wrote:Liberty wagons are awesome! I'm envious, chuck up some pics when you can

ill get some pics once it looks abit better. looks like junk at the moment but i've thrown some impreza struts with supers and now i can throw it into corners like a go-kart.

AWD is great too on the dirty roads when trying to avoid traffic on the way home

sexyr6 · Post by **sexyr6** » July 16th, 2009, 7:16 pm

Frost wrote:I have an EA, it has a 4lt Motor in it, with a 4spd. OMVL Gas setup, 600km to the tank about 1300km if I use petrol as well.

How the hell do you get that many K's out of your gas?? I'm running an OMVL system also and only get 350 - 400 k's from a tank.. what size tank do you have?

gthofan · Post by **gthofan** » July 16th, 2009, 8:09 pm

Speaking of wagons, i am now the owner of a navy blue, el futura... no reg, no rwc. Whats it worth? good overall condition, just dead battery.... and its in sydney. So either sell in sydney, or melb.

Frost · Post by **Frost** » July 16th, 2009, 8:37 pm

sexyr6 wrote:
Frost wrote:I have an EA, it has a 4lt Motor in it, with a 4spd. OMVL Gas setup, 600km to the tank about 1300km if I use petrol as well.
How the hell do you get that many K's out of your gas?? I'm running an OMVL system also and only get 350 - 400 k's from a tank.. what size tank do you have?

65LT usable, Id say tuned very well and the fact the wagon at 110km/h sits on about 1600rpm

Post by **Commando** » July 16th, 2009, 9:23 pm

1600rpm? You've still got the 2.77s? What an awesome highway cruiser!

600 from 65L is an awesome effort. Best I've managed was 490 from around 55L ("50L" tank).

waghoonEF · Post by **waghoonEF** » July 16th, 2009, 10:08 pm

Wagon cruz Wagon cruz Wagon cruz

Frost · Post by **Frost** » July 16th, 2009, 10:15 pm

Commando wrote:1600rpm? You've still got the 2.77s? What an awesome highway cruiser!

600 from 65L is an awesome effort. Best I've managed was 490 from around 55L ("50L" tank).

I assume there still 2.77s in there.

Most iv ever seezed in is 65l. Mind you the gas guage has been on empty for 100km before and I still havnt ran out

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » July 17th, 2009, 3:15 pm

Commando wrote:Liberty wagons are awesome! I'm envious, chuck up some pics when you can

The two wagons i have owned were probably the two best cars i have had... I regret selling them.
A 2002 Liberty RX and a VK Commodore. Both good for different reasons.

Unfortunatly i don't like Falcon wagons. Was considering a BA wagon a while ago, i just can't do it...
If a VZSS wagon came up cheap that would be mint.

71GLIF · Post by **71GLIF** » July 17th, 2009, 4:31 pm

Have the b-series wagons ever been fitted with V8 motors or have they all been 6's?

LUXO_8 · Post by **LUXO_8** » July 17th, 2009, 4:36 pm

all 6's.
i would imagine you could put a V8 in there though

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » July 17th, 2009, 5:01 pm

LUXO_8 wrote:all 6's.
i would imagine you could put a V8 in there though

Dead simple conversion... Still not really viable yet $$ wise.
10k for a BA wagon + 10k for a stacked XR8 + time = Might as well get an SS wagon

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 17th, 2009, 6:35 pm

waghoonEF wrote:Wagon cruz Wagon cruz Wagon cruz

hell yes.

so what good/original mods can we think of for wagons?

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 17th, 2009, 6:55 pm

waghoonEF wrote:Wagon cruz Wagon cruz Wagon cruz

+1 for sure.

been thinking if its possible to put BA side mirrors on to an EF, havent really researched it thoroughly but the base thingos of both look about the same at a glance...then color code them gun metal grey. possible?

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 17th, 2009, 6:57 pm

whats the diff between BA and EF? id imagine BA would be squarer and not really suit the EF shape lol

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 17th, 2009, 7:14 pm

yeah they are squarer but still have that rounded shape if that makes sense?...was just thinking it might be something different. not sure how it would look... photoshop here i come, but yeah. was thinking of color coding the plastic moulds? would that look any good, another task for photoshop i reckon.

sexyr6 · Post by **sexyr6** » July 17th, 2009, 7:28 pm

here's a good wagon mod...

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 17th, 2009, 7:48 pm

one that doesnt make my daily driver look like a hearse lol

Dezza · Post by **Dezza** » July 17th, 2009, 9:15 pm

Kev's put an LTD front on his burgundy wagon, and it looks pretty mad.

bentls · Post by **bentls** » July 18th, 2009, 9:17 am

should all get sedans and put ls1's in them...

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 18th, 2009, 4:34 pm

So I've added another trimmed item to my car, its all slowly starting to match up now... its good fun, and easy cos you can do it yourself, should have gotten into this stuff earlier.
Here are some pics:

not sure if i should paint the handle or just leave it. wouldnt mind doing the dash, but i dont think im up to it just yet. but yeah, not sure whats next.

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 18th, 2009, 6:20 pm

check out photos of john (EFalcons) car, FALCN6. The dash is covered with a suede kinda thing. farken awsome.

Post by **EFFalcon** » July 18th, 2009, 7:49 pm

My glove box looks near the same as that

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 19th, 2009, 10:22 am

Did you put a layer of foam underneath yours? Cos now mine is nice and tight to close cos of the foam and i dont think I would be able to do the same to panels on either side.
Hard job doing the dash? Havent seen the pics as your thread is like 18 pages long and havent gone thorough them all yet. lol

gerbzjen · Post by **gerbzjen** » July 19th, 2009, 10:41 am

of course...pics on the first page lol

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » July 19th, 2009, 1:37 pm

YBHVE4 wrote:
Commando wrote:Liberty wagons are awesome! I'm envious, chuck up some pics when you can
ill get some pics once it looks abit better. looks like junk at the moment but i've thrown some impreza struts with supers and now i can throw it into corners like a go-kart.

AWD is great too on the dirty roads when trying to avoid traffic on the way home

actually....this wont be happening now. had a Navara 4x4 run into me on thursday on the way home....but ill show you pics shortly anyways.

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » July 19th, 2009, 2:43 pm

YBHVE4 wrote:
YBHVE4 wrote:
Commando wrote:Liberty wagons are awesome! I'm envious, chuck up some pics when you can
ill get some pics once it looks abit better. looks like junk at the moment but i've thrown some impreza struts with supers and now i can throw it into corners like a go-kart.
AWD is great too on the dirty roads when trying to avoid traffic on the way home
actually....this wont be happening now. had a Navara 4x4 run into me on thursday on the way home....but ill show you pics shortly anyways.

Ouch... No major injuries i presume?
I think the 4X4 would have came off best, i know my Liberty was fairly flimsy body wise.. Good chassis/driveline tho.

jamie8888 · Post by **jamie8888** » July 19th, 2009, 8:28 pm

Got to love wagons, mines had far to much money spent on it, was just recently in street fords.

Kenaz · Post by **Kenaz** » July 19th, 2009, 8:34 pm

The best wagon.. <3

Post by **pHaT`eL** » July 19th, 2009, 8:48 pm

I hope John sees this..

serial_fool · Post by **serial_fool** » July 19th, 2009, 9:43 pm

Kenaz wrote:The best wagon.. <3

Lies...who ya gonna call?

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » July 20th, 2009, 7:32 am

that blood spatter behind the front wheel is the only thing that makes it cooler!

Post by **EFFalcon** » July 20th, 2009, 8:16 am

mmm sweet

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » July 20th, 2009, 8:55 am

nothin suss wrote:
YBHVE4 wrote:
YBHVE4 wrote: ill get some pics once it looks abit better. looks like junk at the moment but i've thrown some impreza struts with supers and now i can throw it into corners like a go-kart.
AWD is great too on the dirty roads when trying to avoid traffic on the way home
actually....this wont be happening now. had a Navara 4x4 run into me on thursday on the way home....but ill show you pics shortly anyways.
Ouch... No major injuries i presume?
I think the 4X4 would have came off best, i know my Liberty was fairly flimsy body wise.. Good chassis/driveline tho.

just my neck is still sore.
yeah the 4x4 only had a bent number plate because he had a bullbar. my liberty is written off.

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » July 22nd, 2009, 8:23 am

here are some pics:

Post by **Commando** » July 22nd, 2009, 8:27 am

Spewing

Getting another one?

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » July 22nd, 2009, 8:38 am

Commando wrote:Spewing

Getting another one?

yeah. waiting on the insurance cheque to come in.

been looking at some gen 1 and gen 2 wagons. prefer the gen 1. i think the shape is nicer. also might go turbo this time.

Post by **Commando** » July 22nd, 2009, 9:02 am

Your smashed one was Gen 1, and the more rounded look (that lasted til about 2005ish? with a facelift around 2000?) is Gen 2 yeah?

Looking forward to a thread for your next wagon mate, the riceboy in me loves the sound of a boxer.

MontXR · Post by **MontXR** » July 22nd, 2009, 9:12 am

YBHVE4 wrote:here are some pics:

Holy shit... What a bummer..

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » July 22nd, 2009, 9:44 am

Commando wrote:Your smashed one was Gen 1, and the more rounded look (that lasted til about 2005ish? with a facelift around 2000?) is Gen 2 yeah?

Looking forward to a thread for your next wagon mate, the riceboy in me loves the sound of a boxer.

gen 1 is what i had.

gen 2 is more rounded:

gen 3 has the larger headlights:

gen 4 is what is around now:

Post by **Commando** » July 22nd, 2009, 9:56 am

Ahh right! I had Gen 2 & Gen 3 both in mind as Gen 2 + Gen 2 facelifted.

Great cars, if I smashed my wagon I'd consider one for sure, same as you with Gen 1 or 2, pref 1.