What is your everyday car ?

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Those XG utes are a mix of two cars . They used the old XD ute back panels and the EF front and joined them together , link here:

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...256D1F001C3CA7

I always wondered why some of those utes have the old 4.1 push rod motor and some like yours have the OHC motor .. I'd love a ute, but they tend to be pricey, the wagons are dirt cheap in comparison. I bought mine from a scrap metal yard ....192K on the clock . Drives like a new car . Parts are dirt cheap too ..super crap auto has stuff like water pumps .

Actually Mike, the XH ute had the the EF front. The XG was an updated XF. And no they didn't have pushrod 4.1 straight sixes in them. You have probably come across someone who has had an old XD ute and put new front panel work over it.
XG utes had overhead cam engines out of the EB Falcons in them. 4 litre. We called them EB2.
XH utes had a version of the EF engine called the hybrid.
Those were the days. Nowadays the ute has the same engine as the sedan whether it be LPG, standard or turbo version.