The wagon thread.

Bomber · Post by **Bomber** » September 4th, 2009, 9:19 pm

so shoulda kept it steve love the stereo install

dcstraight · Post by **dcstraight** » September 4th, 2009, 9:32 pm

Information useful to me about 5 years too late Mark

Was 'that close' to TSA turbo kit at the time...ah well

Post by **EFFalcon** » September 5th, 2009, 10:18 am

Hahaha.. Any now you wanna get back into a wagon

MontXR · Post by **MontXR** » September 7th, 2009, 7:36 pm

Just a couple of pics we took over the weekend of our wagon and sedan and friends wagon and sedan.. ENJOY

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » September 8th, 2009, 10:40 am

dcstraight wrote:
I had a wagon once upon a time...really should have kept her

A couple more pics of when she was more 'my baby' and not for sale :

thats a really nice look wagon. such a shame you sold it.

anyways...as u can probably tell from my sig...im back in another wagon but good boost this time

Bomber · Post by **Bomber** » September 25th, 2009, 9:43 pm

Wagon line up

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » September 25th, 2009, 10:38 pm

[quote="Bomber"]Wagon line up

quote]

lol... Petes' wagon looks all ghostbustered.

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » September 28th, 2009, 7:20 am

kev's wagon has the toughest stance...love it. still havent seen it after the new respray.

Well....as of saturday im also a ford wagon owner....but I still have the subaru. my new wagon also wont be seen for sometime. its a slow project: 1970 XW Falcon Wagon.

Post by **pHaT`eL** » October 2nd, 2009, 9:42 pm

I need the bum of mine as low as Kevs. Will wait till the V8 is in before I level it out though.

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » October 2nd, 2009, 9:59 pm

Can we rename this the 'Wagon Thread' instead of 'E-Series wagon thread'?
I will soon be adding a new addition

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » October 2nd, 2009, 11:25 pm

nothin suss wrote:Can we rename this the 'Wagon Thread' instead of 'E-Series wagon thread'?
I will soon be adding a new addition

fixered

burnt turtle · Post by **burnt turtle** » October 5th, 2009, 6:01 pm

nothin suss wrote:Can we rename this the 'Wagon Thread' instead of 'E-Series wagon thread'?
I will soon be adding a new addition

brought a ba huh?

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » October 5th, 2009, 7:35 pm

burnt turtle wrote:
nothin suss wrote:Can we rename this the 'Wagon Thread' instead of 'E-Series wagon thread'?
I will soon be adding a new addition
brought a ba huh?

BA's are for chumps....

BF2 is where it's at......

Post by **EFFalcon** » October 6th, 2009, 6:48 am

hahahah.
wagons FTW.

burnt turtle · Post by **burnt turtle** » October 7th, 2009, 8:32 am

nothin suss wrote:
burnt turtle wrote:
nothin suss wrote:Can we rename this the 'Wagon Thread' instead of 'E-Series wagon thread'?
I will soon be adding a new addition
brought a ba huh?
BA's are for chumps....

BF2 is where it's at......

haha nice!!

BROCKYB8 · Post by **BROCKYB8** » October 7th, 2009, 10:22 am

NEeds some 6 speed wagons

BenJ · Post by **BenJ** » October 7th, 2009, 10:35 am

MMMMMM Six Speed Manual would be fab.

BenJ

Post by **EFFalcon** » October 7th, 2009, 10:38 am

6 speeds are overrated.

BROCKYB8 · Post by **BROCKYB8** » October 7th, 2009, 10:55 am

tell bomber and schmee they dont shut up about them hehe

BROCKYB8 · Post by **BROCKYB8** » October 7th, 2009, 11:11 am

I think that my wagon needs some dumpage major

Post by **Commando** » October 7th, 2009, 12:36 pm

I managed 545kms to 59.5L of gas the other week

10.9L/100kms, not bad!

Also, I went bushbashing the other night, trying to find a "highway" about 20kms from my place. I found it in the end, but I have no idea how it got called a "highway".

I hit this sandy crest doing about 60 & almost beached the car, luckily the sand was soft & didn't take my front bar off. Then again, the soft sand is the reason I bottomed out in the first place. I just made it over the top doing about 20kph, in The Little Wagon That Could

^^^ yes, that's a highway.

BROCKYB8 · Post by **BROCKYB8** » October 7th, 2009, 12:50 pm

Lol only out in the stick can that happen

apoc · Post by **apoc** » October 7th, 2009, 1:17 pm

lol commando is that out at longford or gormandale or what? looks like where I used to ride my ktm...

That sand stuff is the most fun ever in an old bomb to thrash in

Post by **Commando** » October 7th, 2009, 3:52 pm

Yeah it's southwest of Stradbroke & northwest of Woodside in the guts of crown land. Plenty of motorbike tracks through there!

But getting back to wagons, a wagon-specific meet/cruise/photoshoot would be awesome. Petey, chop chop!

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » October 7th, 2009, 3:57 pm

any chance we can make a wagon only cruise late october/early november?

Post by **pHaT`eL** » October 7th, 2009, 4:03 pm

Its a wagon event at Kevs every weekend, lol!

WagonWorld - business up front, party out back!

Post by **Commando** » October 7th, 2009, 4:19 pm

Wagons: Who needs candy when you can have lolis?

PSI250 · Post by **PSI250** » October 7th, 2009, 7:33 pm

i'm down for wagon photoshoot/meet.

speaking of goons, does anyone have and lowering blocks or lowered shocks to suit a wagon, i wanna cut my bumpstops and sack mine even more now, fark it, driveways are overrated anyway.

BenJ · Post by **BenJ** » October 7th, 2009, 10:07 pm

If you are using blocks you should use the standard shocks.

If you have the leaves reset, then you need short shocks.

BenJ

Wagone · Post by **Wagone** » October 7th, 2009, 11:52 pm

nothin suss wrote:Can we rename this the 'Wagon Thread' instead of 'E-Series wagon thread'?
I will soon be adding a new addition

Yeah could you help us out with a AU? im not that fussed really its just i dont have a e series.

Commando wrote:
I love my floatyboat suspension! All you guys wanting lowered wagons are nuts. My list of proud achievements in the EF:

* Monday night, I found some firewood on the road. Back seats down & firewood loaded in teh back, Brocky style! My mudguards scraped
* Have camped in it several times (solo, and with company - not Kester yet), and it's a good "escape" to go to at a house party where you know you'll get no rest indoors.
* Have moved house using it, and its ass can swallow a couch. Just like Paris Hilton!
* Nearly got air crossing a raised culvert at 120.
* I can infiltrate OzECruisers with it and win at their dyno/drag events.

Haha yeah i miss these the most especially no 4!.......only at 60 though over train tracks lol

PSI250 wrote:i'm down for wagon photoshoot/meet.

Same here.

BenJ wrote:If you are using blocks you should use the standard shocks.

If you have the leaves reset, then you need short shocks.

BenJ

Ive heard of this as well and are looking at shorter ones now but what is the difference between the two is the shorter stiffer or something?

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » October 8th, 2009, 5:56 am

Phillis wrote:any chance we can make a wagon only cruise late october/early november?

would you be interested in a wagons only cruise or did you prefer a ford wagons only cruise?

if you want a open one I should be able to tee something up with some decent numbers.

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » October 8th, 2009, 6:46 am

a wagon is a wagon! i signed up to streetwagons.com, the wagon forum for hotted up commodore wagons. i started a thread about my car and after 3 weeks, ive had NO replies. yet a p-plater who buys a POS VS berlina gets 8475602630475034 in 7 seconds. as long as theres at least one other ford man there, im happy

Post by **EFFalcon** » October 8th, 2009, 7:00 am

Hahha Phil, Wagon Cruise would be cool.

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » October 8th, 2009, 7:32 am

yeah I got a few guys from streetwagons with A.I.

Ill plan sometihng soon and post up for some ideas!!!

BROCKYB8 · Post by **BROCKYB8** » October 8th, 2009, 7:46 am

Id be up for that for sure .
Wagons ftmfw
i think that i need to get my car to schmee on the weekend and fix my problems with the ef .

BenJ · Post by **BenJ** » October 8th, 2009, 7:47 am

Wagone wrote:
BenJ wrote:If you are using blocks you should use the standard shocks.

If you have the leaves reset, then you need short shocks.

BenJ
Ive heard of this as well and are looking at shorter ones now but what is the difference between the two is the shorter stiffer or something?

When you use blocks you raise the diff housing up higher, closer to the car, than the leaf springs and shock mounting platform. This means the shock length is the same as std. If you have the leaves reset lower, the shock platform is also closer to the car, meaning the distance between the shock mounts on the body and the diff is shorter, hence the need for shorter stroke shocks, which would prevent the shock from bottoming out.

As I use blocks in my EB, I will be getting STD lenght heavy duty shocks.

As yours is an AU, and as I understand it you can't use blocks, and therefore should have had the leaves reset, you should look at getting some heavy duty Short Stroke shocks.

Hope that makes sense.

Cheers
BenJ

BROCKYB8 · Post by **BROCKYB8** » October 8th, 2009, 8:55 am

hEY John can we get our own section on this forum for just the wagons . ??

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » October 8th, 2009, 9:06 am

im all for the wagon sub forum

Phillis · Post by **Phillis** » October 8th, 2009, 9:07 am

im all for the wagon sub forum

BROCKYB8 · Post by **BROCKYB8** » October 8th, 2009, 9:09 am

Yeah i think that there are enough