What is your everyday car ?

[Howard]

I drive an old Ford Falcon XG ute.
Like Mike's Falcon I have converted it to LPG dual fuel.
I drive it pretty hard most of the time, it returns 14l/100km (20mpg).
Engine is the fabulous 4.0 litre inline six and is rated at 148Kw (almost 200hp)
Running on LPG means that my 550km week commuting to work costs me around $45. It has around 230,000km on the clock which is F.A. for one of these things...
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Jo's Drive is an old Fairlane, also on LPG.
This is the largest Aussie car in the Ford range & it returns around 11l/100km (26mpg).
A tank of LPG costs around $40 & will get us 450-500km, the engine is a later evolution of what is in the ute & is rated at 165kw (220hp). Also has around 230,000km on the clock
My last Falcon had 450,000km when I sold it, the one before that had 350,000km on it (but the odo did not work for seven years of the ten years we owned it!)

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Howard

I drive an old Ford Falcon XG ute.
Like Mike's Falcon I have converted it to LPG dual fuel.
I drive it pretty hard most of the time, it returns 14l/100km (20mpg).
Engine is the fabulous 4.0 litre inline six and is rated at 148Kw (almost 200hp)
Running on LPG means that my 550km week commuting to work costs me around $45. It has around 230,000km on the clock which is F.A. for one of these things...
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Jo's Drive is an old Fairlane, also on LPG.
This is the largest Aussie car in the Ford range & it returns around 11l/100km (26mpg).
A tank of LPG costs around $40 & will get us 450-500km, the engine is a later evolution of what is in the ute & is rated at 165kw (220hp). Also has around 230,000km on the clock
My last Falcon had 450,000km when I sold it, the one before that had 350,000km on it (but the odo did not work for seven years of the ten years we owned it!)

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 .

[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.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by rynoki

. The XG was an updated XF. And no they didn't have pushrod 4.1 straight sixes in them.

I know the old push rod 6 was used in utes until 1993 ( read the link ) .... whatever model that was ... sounds like the ute was called the XG from 93 onwards and still a XF before 93 ..confusing isnt it . They kept the old push rod motor in the utes for another 5 years after the EA came out with the OHC motor ...is that correct ?

Mike

[Jim Price]

Mine is a '93 Toyota 6 cylinder pickup with 227,300 miles on it. I'm takin' it in for a trade when it gets to 300,000!

Regards,
Jim

[Ryan]

Hi Mike, yes that's correct.
It was an XF with push rods until 1993 then the XG started with the the EB overhead cam engine. The XG however still looked similar to the XF which was why I said it was an "updated" XF. The XG was also the first ute to wear the XR6 badge.
It wasn't until 1996 and the XH that the look changed dramatically with the EF front.

Why a ute wasn't produced on the EA platform probably just came down to cost. We are doing a similar thing now with the station wagon. Even though the new FG Falcon sedan and ute came out last year we are still building the older BF3 wagon. History repeats.

[aj.lec]

My runaround is a 1989 Suzuki Swift ,shortly to be replaced and the wife drives our 1996 Ford EL Futura wagon

[Howard]

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...

I always thought this, too, until I went to replace the seats. XF seats did not fit... EB Fairmont Ghia seats slipped straight in...
HH