I picked it up as-is a few months ago. There's a bit of story about how I went from a BA XR6T to a ED XR6. Earlier this year my missus and I decided to get rid of the two cars that we had (her VTII Exec and my BA XR6T) and get one car to share. The reasoning behind this was that I rarely used the BA because I catch the train to the city for work and the missus now had a work car that she brought home. We ended up buying a 6 month old VE II SS manual. Being a series 2 it has the IQ system and dual zone climate control etc. It's not a bad car.
A few months ago they changed the policy of allowing staff to take work cars home so the missus was now using the SS as a daily. We also had a couple of occasions where we really needed two cars so I started to look for a 2nd car. The only criteria was that I really didn't want another Falcon or Commodore. The car at the top of the wish list was a Volvo 850R wagon, but at the end of the day decided against spending the 10K that would be required to get a good one.
I was home sick one day and browsing eBay when I came across what appeared to be a pretty neat ED XR6. The bidding was pretty low so I chucked on a bid for for a laugh and didn't think much else of it. Three days later the auction finished and my bid ended up winning. ****.
We went along that weekend and brought her home. I was pleasantly surprised with what I had bought. It's a 1994 build that is almost 100% original. It has the original owners manual with full 217k service history.
First thing on the agenda was to give it a service and have a look underneath to get an idea of what I was working with.

Some of the bushes were old and crusty.

So I replaced them.

The engine bay is pretty neat and clean for a 17 year old car

A pretty bad interior shot. Note the original tape deck. Commando approved??

A few weekends ago I got it out for a wash and it comes up pretty good. Excuse the the OTT HDR.


I've been busy as a mofo at work so I haven't had a chance to take it along to get checked out for RWC, but I should get a chance in the next week or two.