Where are they now? Old awesome e-series

[Qwik6]

Yeah I think PRO-EA was the one. Was on the 2nd SM mag I got when I was about 6-7?
Must've been the reason why im an E series whore?

[Mr. CVE]

Yeah I think PRO-EA was the one. Was on the 2nd SM mag I got when I was about 6-7?
Must've been the reason why im an E series whore?

umm, yeah, 6 or 7 years old !! I am that age as well..... not !!

[Nikk O'lass]

There was that dark blue blown EL XR8 from Canberra in 99, that was pretty mint. Was on the cover of Street Machine. Engine builder was a wanker though.

Is it this one?

[WILLEBII]

Fuzions EL ?Fairmont
This 2nd one stands out for me because it was the one car I always wanted and I still think the best looking eseries I've seen. From memory it only had your standard NA mods but was really really clean and just looked really nice. It was originally a fairmont ghia IIRC but ran a T5 and straight LPG.

Im not 100% sure but im pretty sure i saw this car getting taken away on a tow truck with severe hail damaged i assume it got written off and insurance took it,

[AaronEF8]

I reckon it is. I think, but not sure if the plates are/were IBLO4U.

[nstg8a]

but not sure if the plates are/were IBLO4U.

if that plate was on a car with a guy driving it, then they would be the most homosexual plates ever... and if it was a chick driving then just slutty.

[67rce]

PRO EA is still floating around the show scene. It was at the Brisbane Hot Rod and Street Machine show about 3yrs ago. It is the Wilwood Engineering car the MR CVE said. The Gatt Brothers was a fibreglass EB that they took a mould from a hire car.

[Dansedgli]

Isnt that blue EL above YLOOZE?

[67rce]

Isnt that blue EL above YLOOZE?

I think so, Ratman's mate IIRC.

[NickosEL]

Yeah pretty sure the one above was YLOOZE- canberra car and IBLO4U is a victorian car. IBLO4U didnt have simmons iirc. Both stunning cars which is why i bought a EL XR8oh and also MRXR8D from nsw, blueprint EL XR8 with the blower, and tan leather interior.

[AaronEF8]

Did he do all the mods?
You wouldn't think it would be so friggen hard to find one pic of a Street Machine cover. But people are trying to sell them for $14 a pop, I'm sitting on a gold mine if someone would actually pay that lol.

I know of YLOOZE, I wasn't sure if it was the same car I was talking about with a new owner/plates/cooler piping.

[Nikk O'lass]

I have that issue at home, buy no scanner...

I'll dig it out tomorrow and take a few photos...

While im at it, i chuck up some of Garry willmington's 351 EB

[someLS1]

What ever happened to Steadys XR8 sprint? or Daves charged el xr8 tisk tisk tisk

[EF ECTIV]

Yeah pretty sure the one above was YLOOZE- canberra car and IBLO4U is a victorian car. IBLO4U didnt have simmons iirc. Both stunning cars which is why i bought a EL XR8oh and also MRXR8D from nsw, blueprint EL XR8 with the blower, and tan leather interior.

I fucking loved that MRXR8D; its the reason I built mine...

That blue EL XR with the gold simmons is just about perfect...

[dcstraight]

yeah fuzion's car was an ex taxi.
looked nice in photos, but from all accounts i've heard it wasn't that great in person.

Was ex cop car before it was a taxi...had done some hard kms - went through many transformations...did very much like the BA GTs on it - my inspiration

Was sold it to a bloke in Melbourne whom I met on an off chance dealing - new owner not overly impressed with the car for one reason or another - I dare-say tell-tale signs of what a million kms probably does to a car!

Saw it in the flesh a handful of times - was good from far...:wink:

Pierre moved into a VW Golf - this would have been 5 + years ago or thereabouts.

[SnyperEB]

yeah fuzion's car was an ex taxi.
looked nice in photos, but from all accounts i've heard it wasn't that great in person.

Was ex cop car before it was a taxi...had done some hard kms - went through many transformations...did very much like the BA GTs on it - my inspiration

Was sold it to a bloke in Melbourne whom I met on an off chance dealing - new owner not overly impressed with the car for one reason or another - I dare-say tell-tale signs of what a million kms probably does to a car!

Saw it in the flesh a handful of times - was good from far...:wink:

Pierre moved into a VW Golf - this would have been 5 + years ago or thereabouts.

Up close, very home?

[dcstraight]

Up close, very home?

Haha...when it had the EF XR kit on it (before EL XR kit), the front lip was tech screwed, so yeah had a 'home' look and feel about it

[Nikk O'lass]

Sorry about the quality...only phone scan...and the magazines are in poor conditon...

[Michael (HYPOEB)]

I remember both those car. Fark i would of been young though

[pHaT`eL]

Farkk!!! If people want to know why I like 90's styling.. Theres the proof why!

[Bipolar]

Group A kit looks mad.

[AaronEF8]

Did that EB get painted yellow at some stage and have twin GRA throttle bodies hanging out the bonnet? Looks awesome.

I knew the plates of the EL were along those lines. So is that car still around?

[Nikk O'lass]

I just love the fat rears on IBL04U.

[Rollin]

Yeah, they're fuggen HUGE!

EEB58L is mint except for amber indicators, no forced induction and too many cylinders...I want a group A kit SOOOO MUCH!!!!

[Nikk O'lass]

Wonder if DJR have any moulds?

[old_mate]

considering they have just completed the EB rebuild (the chassis dick smashed at Bathurst in 1994 i think) I would say, yes.

or they at least know where to get them from.

[AaronEF8]

Shit, going against 2 of your posts in a row. I swear it's not personal man lol.

DJR EB5 was built during 94 for Dick, didn't race at Sandown, won Bathurst, then got converted to EF spec and #18, Bowe won the championship with it, then he wrote it off in 96 with that crash with Lowndes at Philip Island where it ended on the roof without any footage of it. All in all it did better then every AU Touring Car combined

The rebuilt museum car was built with parts of EB3, EB5/EF5 and EB6. I believe it doesn't have a valid CAMS logbook.

95 is when Johnson crashed at Bathurst after The Cutting. As a side note, his helmet hit the concrete barrier, CAMS mandated window nets because of it.

People still have original Group C moulds, surely there are Group 3A moulds floating around. Maybe just ring DJR?

[old_mate]

from DJR. I dont take anything personal - especially when I'm not wrong haha.

E-Series Falcon – DJR EB3

What it’s best remembered for at DJR: Dick’s crash with a back-market at Bathurst 1993, destroying the car.
Debuted by Dick as #17 at 1993’s opening ATCC round at Amaroo Park, and was used by Dick throughout the season. 1993 Championship Position: 5th.
Bowe joined Dick in the car for the enduros, where at Bathurst Dick was caught in an incident with Bill O’Brien’s car at Reid Park. The damaged chassis was stored (some of the car’s mechanicals were placed into the team’s new shell, EB5), before the chassis was eventually sent to be repaired as a project for Campbelltown TAFE. The car now forms part of the Bowden Collection, where it is gradually being restored as a replica of the Bathurst-winning EB5 car.

[AaronEF8]

well they didn't crash at Bathurst 94

[old_mate]

no, it was 93. My bad.