The Truth About This 27 Year Old XR8 Will Make You Want One
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Welcome to another Episode of Ross Reviews AU on this weeks Video we take out this 1995 EF XR8 that was Tickford enhanced.. T5, 5speed manual with the windsor V8.. this car is a perfect spec! nearly 300,000kms on her and still goes strong :) man i would love this car..
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The Truth About This 27 Year Old XR8 Will Make You Want One
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What a great sounding EF Falcon. It looks like it’s been very well looked after. You really did get some great reviews while in Melbourne. Looking forward to the rest of them.
Cheers Peter yeh this one was pretty awesome 🤩 loved it
Hows it going Ross I was wondering which car would win in a race between this car and vs clubsport
EL
Oh really the club sport has 185 kw and el xr8 has 170
@@armandoafonso9632 standard ba 6cyl has more power than both. just the era
I remember back in the day thinking what a slow gas guzzling tank, now when I see one at cars and coffee I'll always go check it out, they look cooler as they get older
100% getting cooler as time goes on! such a rare car now
Beautiful car. As someone who was a teenager in the 90's and was a big Glenn Seton fan, I will always have a soft spot for the EB to EL series Falcons. I was actually looking at buying an EF XR8 a few months back, but the example I saw was a bit too rough for the money being asked.
very hard to come by clean examples like this one know.. really really rare cars to see on the road in good shape
I had one of these in Heritage Green for around 5 years and I miss that car so much. Hearing that Windsor again is music to my ears. Great review!
Amazing machines
Heritage Green EF's are the best! 😍😜
I absolutely love the EF & EL falcons. Had an EL XR6 about 14 years ago. Really want another again. Beautiful cars.
mate i owned a 97 el base model for 14 years, gearbox and engine ran sweet the entire 300+ klms i had done on her, sad to let it go but i finally upgraded
@@paulsmith3416 how good is that! Can't beat a good falcon. 👍
Couldn't agree more! i want one too!
I still remember when the EL was new. It was my dream car for a long time. EF was nice in XR form too but its the only Falcon i have never owned from XD onwards along with fgx. Remember finally getting an EL and it was a brilliant time. Rock solid cars back in the day
still an amazing machine! really enjoyed this one
@@RossReviewsau Just gotta say, mad respect for how you still interact with your community in the comments. Shows that you enjoy what you do and don't take subscribers for granted. Top stuff mate
When these came out the looks were wild. they blew the VR/VS SS commodores out of the water for looks
I love the look of em very tough
they still look pretty damn good in 2022
There's nothing quite like an E-series 5.0 manual!💙
Rare beasts nowadays
Anything under 10secs (for a non-exotic car) 0-100 was pretty quick back in the early 90’s.
Yeah my grandads lived on his property for like 50 years & he doesn't use any form of internet so he's pretty outdated. He owns a AU falcon wagon & he thinks it absolutely flies. But when you compare that to a teen of this time (me) an au is slow
@@Raven-cf5qd guess it's a generational thing right. Back in the early 80s when we were teens we made everything fly. V6 granada conversions into mk1 cortinas at 16 we got down to a fine art. Our mums called them death traps we just called them frigin fun.
@@craigstevens5735 haha yeah look to be fair these days most cars capable of doing 180kmh+ so top speed really isn't the thrill anymore its the first to third pulls at any intersections that gets the heart pumping. You can have all the speed in the world but if you dont have a torquey diff ratio no one gets excited.
EB XR6 manual was decently quick.
i reckon your on it mate.. the wheels would have hurt this time also :)
Awesome car & owner, and definitely no beating the sound of the older V8s!
Couldn't agree more!
Oh man, this takes me back, I traded in my 1996 EF XR6 ute and bought the EL XR8 ute, 5 speed manual, brand new as soon as it came out in NZ which was 98. I still remember this car as being the quickest I have ever driven for the kW rating, I think factory the EL was 185 kW, but because it was light it really was great performing and handled phenomenal. The ute was only around 1500kg. Nice to see there are still some getting around. I drive a BF XR6T ZF6 now, love the FORDS. Oh yeah, and the Windsor is a beautiful motor, compact and very refined.
glad you enjoyed this episode mate :) definitely a brilliant car
Very nice ride and another great review. I've got supercharged el fairmont and had to replace the hydraulic engine mounts for a wof so bought some tuff mounts online and had them shipped here to nz. I've gotta say, they changed the driving experience totally. You can feel the v8 not just hear it and believe me, it sounds wild. Long live the E series!
Very nice! would love to see that one day!
Nice car, great video and I love the ending too!
Glad you enjoyed it
Mad review!! Love it good job Jonno!!! Great location for it.😉😉
Glad you enjoyed it! was a great spot mate :) yours coming soon
Well done Ross, another great video mate. Very nice example you drove there. The owner should be stoked with how nice it is.
cheers mate.. owner was a legend
Biggest regret I’ve ever had in my life was selling my heritage green EF XR8 option 20. It was such an awesome car!
Damn! Worst feeling ever eh mate
@@RossReviewsau could not agree more. Kicking myself to this day over it!
Fantastic Xr8 ,very nice and a great vid bud:)
cheers mate
If you can find a manual EF XR6 Wagon (only 198 built), I'd be in love. This XR8 is sweet though, love the exhaust note
Let’s hope one day some one hits me up with one 🙏
One for sale around Newcastle atm.
Wow! We asked and you delivered! What a beast of a car! 😍 it’ll be good to see a Fairmont Ghia of the same year with all the Tickford goodies especially the Tickford 6 👌🏼. Keep the great content coming 🙏
Cheers James I try n get the cars you guys want to see!
I always loved the el/ef with the big body kit.
But of course it's a P plater car. The best rims on these are 18" ajrs
I was amazed also it was a p plater car 🤣
Great to see the old XR8 filmed
Cheers Peter
Nice skid at the end 👍👍
Was mint 👌🇲🇽🚜
Beautiful car❤️ I have a 1997 xh xr6 in the same colour 😎 Thanks for sharing Ross, enjoy this video very much
Lucky glad you enjoyed it
Sounds so good. Awesome video
Thanks bro
It's had a respray I'd say since you can tell the XR8 badges on the side are in a different spot and you can see the old badge lines. but beautiful car, E series XR 2nd best looking Ford made imo
I was wondering if anyone else saw that
@@randomdude4669 Haha, Habit of being an ex spray painter. Common thing to see if it's had a basic shell respray. It could also mean it's just had new badges put on at some point but this colour was so prone to clear coat peeling I feel very comfortable saying it's had a respray.
nice spot.. but man its been well looked after.. id kill to have one like that
@@RossReviewsau without a doubt
All the Tickford Falcon's are a living time machine from time's past. Every new generation version always got the people pumped up around the Ford dealership where I worked at the time...
My ED XR8 Sprint is a ride I never plan on parting with, not much on the outside to pick them from the other XR versions but boy, they pack some serious mumbo for what they are. Something that perhaps you could do a review on in the future. Super comfortable in all settings, especially the open highway... 😎
mate i would love that one day if your serious! they are such special cars.. really rare to see now.
They sold these for like a year or two in South Africa as the Ford Falcon Fairlane, Falcon Fairmont and Falcoln XR8 (or maybe XR6). All I remember is that they had 4 litre engines.
Great review Jono of a very nice car in very good condition for its age, would be a great cruiser!
It really is!
It's a great looking car I have always liked the Ford XR6 and XR8's the Simmons wheels make it look even better classic car.
I totally agree!
@@RossReviewsau thanks Ross for your reply keep your car reviews coming.
Reminds me of the EL falcon we had in our family from almost new!
epic cars
Kudos to the owner, that EF is immaculate 👌 gotta love the sound of a Windsor too.
The Windsor is a gem eh.. credit to the owner on this one
Makes me miss my old EF xr8's ! I had 2 of them at separate times. Had a nice clean heritage green EF xr8 auto with the sharkfin wheels and bodykit was an option 20 ex cop car, and then sold it for a gunmetal grey EF xr8 manual which I lowered and had 18" mags on...was also an option 20 ex cop car. Great cars definitely miss them
After reviewing this I really want one 🤣 so damn rare now tho🥲
@@RossReviewsau yeah to think the top dollar I could get for it only in late 2017 was around 4k...I switched to the FPV's after the EF xr8's but the fpv bf gt is still a great investment though 👍🏻
I also had an auto heritage green EF XR8 option 20 with shark fins. It’s in my profile picture when I won chuck a spud with it in singleton show n shine 2014. It was the only driving event I have ever been in and had everyone in a frenzy trying to beat my time to no avail. Sold it in early 2015 and have been kicking myself ever since for letting go of it.
I had 2 E series falcons and absolutely loved them!
Wicked cars
Another awesome review👍🏻. That is one super clean EF! These look great with the factory Tickford kit, not to mention extremely rare with a sunroof. Cannot go past the sound of the 302, they may not be impressive in stock 'HO' form, but decent alloy heads, cam, intake and full exhaust upgrades wake these up a fair bit👌🏼
Cheers man.. it might have been a bit of a slug 🐌 but man who cares when it’s making noises like that.. I couldn’t stop smiling
Cool review !! really love the older ford v8's
Gotta love em eh
...what a beautiful Ford - thanks for the show 🇨🇦
Glad I could show you some Aussie 🇦🇺 Fords
Good launching man I like it
Cheers man!
Great Video. I remember back in the day a lot of people were buying XR6's as they were quicker than their XR8 siblings. E series cars are getting rarer and rarer by the day. You just don't see them...
They just might have been back then eh! Super rare to see in good nick
That sound mate...a beauty.
Sounds fuckin amazing the colour is incredible
The old Windsor sounds a treat
Nothing wrong with the performance. Just means you can stretch out that Windsor longer, legally.
100% agree. thats what i loved about the old 5 Litre holdens as well . you felt like you were drivnig a race car with that sound and heaps of low down torque. but y ou could give it a boot without getting to dangerious speeds too quickly
Amen brother 🤣 was a blast to drive
@@RossReviewsau I bet!! God bless American I mean Canadian Windsor's!!
Again Ross with another great review going back to the 90's. Our modern day Australian Back to the Future.
This was a real gem 💎
This car is cool. My dad owns a Red 1998 EL Falcon with the Tickford XR8 specifications. He has BA XR8 wheels on it and it just sits under a tent at home Infront of the shed it's almost road ready hopefully we can get it on the road in the future. It's one of the coolest cars we have apart from a VAliant and Xy ute
Great review. Has me seriously reconsidering the idea of selling my ef xr8.
Don’t sell it mate will be instant regret 🥲
that's the perfect drivers car.
the only thing I'd change in that EF is a 6 speed instead of the 5 speed.
really was a great car.. proper fun to drive even if it aint that quick ;)
My dream falcon.
Loved them since I saw them new
They are beautiful eh
@@RossReviewsau not wrong .
I had a el EF xr6 back in 2002. But really wanted a xr8. But sadly. Was out of my budget as young fella back then.
Still want one now. And I'm 46 now. 😂😂
Love the sound of it absolute legend
👑👌
Beautiful car, when the owner sends it at the end 🤤🤤🤤 love to see it
great owner haha
Loved that, I had a au tickford,best sound v8 ever produced
glad you enjoyed it mate
great review and great car. Always liked the E series. You wrecked it for me though, doing that burn-out on public road - thought you had more class than that
Well it wasn’t me doing the burnout 😅 people in Melbourne seem to absolutely have no issues with it (at least while I was there)
What a great example 👌 love it
Was bloody clean
My EF company car was excellent. Well made, handled great. Huge improvement on EA, EBs.
Thanks for sharing
Yeah Man that's a sick old beast,sounds chunky nice note indeed she's also in mint condition & it looked like you were doing bloody 160 kmh around those corners flying lol,that burnout at the end was that you Johnny haha,great work man loved it.
haha the owner was a bit of a mad man lol just like me so we got on great ;)
Love e series falcons and a EF gli now got a Fairmont it's a 94 so doesn't handle great but I love it
great cars
I remember bumping into the car and the P plated owner at at car wash in Sydenham melton Highway this thing is clean as
I had an EL xr8 it was fantastic. The one in this video needs some 17/18's and it will handle/go so much better.
Yeh the big Simmons are slowing her down
Love a nice v8 note
That Windsor 🥵
Yes 👌👌
Bias tho
EF Fairmont factory 5L with full tickford kit ..
its a wicked machine eh
My first car was a '94 EF XR6 in Polynesian green & I terrorized the XR8's, SS Commodores and the 185 and 215KW HSV's at the time ('98) as the XR6 was 164KW, the XR8 was 165KW but the HSV's iirc were heavier hence why the XR6 beat them off the mark.
bloody awesome cars.. :)
Same same had a manual Ef and I humiliated 5.0 commodores and falcons of that era
Very nice car, would be nice to see a vs next in any of the hsv spec
I’d love to review one if I can find something
I’d love to review one if I can find something
I’d love to review one if I can find something
Great review Jonny. That O-1OOKMH was 10+ seconds. You could have held 2nd gear all the way to 1OOkmh as that 2-3 change also killed the time. EF -EL XR6 are nice looking cars.👍👍
possibly but i didnt wana blow her up lol
@@RossReviewsau I understand it’s not your car but trust me you would need a repeat of Hiroshima to blow up an old Windsor
6 months after this EF Falcon XR8 review I still love the look of this old car even though I'm a Holden Fan
It’s a beautiful csr
What a clean beast only let down for me is the front end never liked them love the Fairmont Ghia front end but credit to the owner for keeping this old girl tidy also she sounds great
The young Kid has done well keeping it tidy
I do like the look of mid 90s xr8s and the ss.
But how Australian is the end of the video and nice skid next minute a random tractor drives past lol 😆 😂
🤣 I was in hysterics.. the tractor 🚜 driver loved it also 🇦🇺👌
@@RossReviewsau haha so glad you left it in and he was cool about it 😎
One of my most favourite falcons that looks good and sounds nice
I really enjoyed it too
Lovin it!
So nice
Haha I was all ways asking for a e series review nice to such a tidy well looked after ef
Glad I could finally deliver one
Mine is a 94 ef ex police special
That one looks fantastic mine is under construction
And an auto which is a bit unfortunate but I really like it
Still amazingly rare cars so hold onto it
Yes yes yes! Now that's a beautiful car! 😍
Legendary
1:10 your Canadian really came out then🤣
🤣🇨🇦
I had a new 1995 EF series 2 GLI 4.0 six auto wagon company car. I called it the sled. I liked it so much I bought it at end of lease. the wagon was huge and I would go out and have a bed in the back and share it with new fiends.
I definitely could see the appeal of the E series after this review. Was great to drive
Love em. Great c one it condition like that. Thanx
Man I chewed through couple of these bk In the day , now I feel guilty for not looking after them haha I even had 95 Tickford Fairmont all white full body kit , badging was cool and I wrote that off after a car cut me off haha
not many left like this sadly eh.. owners now really gotta take care of them
@@RossReviewsau have to look after them now for sure
ford 5L are in the top 10 best sounding v8s. change my mind
This sounded bloody good
I'm pretty shure that actually the xr6 off this model was actually faster than the xr8 , the 6 was only down 5 kw but a bit lighter
The XR6 with a 5spd was faster than these and 304 powered commodores.
I can believe that
The sixes had a different set of ratios in the t5 compared to the v8's. I'm 95% sure that the xr6 all had a 3.45 rear end where as the xr8 had a 3.23 up until late 97 when the xr8 got the 185kw spec engine with a 3.45 also
My first Falcon was an EF XR6. My first true love
Great cars
Ross would u do a review on my hsv clubsport 650hp
Absolutely give us a pm on Insta or fb
Awesome review as always bro, that beast looks absolutely mint. Dayum 🤘🤘🤘 love it 💯❤
Cheers bro
5:28, the 16" sharkfins were standard fitment for all the EF/EL XR8's. The 15" alloys were standard fitment on XR6's, but you could option the sharkfins if you wanted to.
cheers for the info
EL was standard, EF was a $2000 option
I have an Ef xr6 in cobalt (C9), got 90% of the parts to adapt stock barra parts to replicate what StreetMachine did to an Au XR6
Ohh sounds interesting
I SEE SOME YEAH BUDS! hell yeah what a car
🤣 yeah buds for the win!🥵
I love the joy you get by driving Aussie cars hahah
I love it man.. really do🇦🇺👌
These are great! Needs stock rims back!
I like the look of the yeah buds 🤣 but stock would be nice too
It has a great sound
Really does eh👌
Ef-el are one of the nicest falcons they made 👌
I want one eh
Bloody hell that sounds good!
Love a good v8
Drove my client xy gtho phase 3 yesterday , they handle bad but v8 sound like it on steroids why the worth so much
Ross review is great
Thanks 🙏
nice EF falcon
Very eh
I just found a 94 xr8 in white auto old lady owned it for 17 years and it's only just up the road going to go have a look before it sells it's only 10k Ono so won't be up long
Cheap
MAAATE that Falcon is just perfect,this message is for the owner ,please dont do anything else as the way it is now is on point,will be checking out hes detail shop as mine needs a good tub and if he can get it to half as good lookin as this one ill be stoked,hey Ross top job on presentation bud ,fully expect for subs to hit the roof with content like this
Thanks you mate.. car was a gem and so was the owner 👌 appreciate the kind words
That tractor was booking 😂👀
HAHA he actually loved it eh
4:06 👌
😈😈😈
Really nice car, I wouldn't change a thing about it.
Me too 🥵👌
Love this car, it's got so much character. The Windsor sounds fat, better than a Boss and way better than a LS. Poor thing would have been quicker if it wasn't on the fuck off Simmons, it's effectively geared down fairly hard (it needed third to get to 100) - on the standard wheels it would have gotten there in second and probably about a second quicker.
i reckon the wheels did hurt it.. but man what a machine eh! really enjoyed this one
Burn all Simmons I reckon ugliest rims ever made the person who made them has taste for rims in there ass
When is the AU xr6 review coming out?
not for a while
Yesss!!
🤘🇦🇺
My ef i6 was an absolute beauty
great cars
Everyone is importing Japanese cars into the US but I really want to import one of these. Or a Commodore.
That’s what im talking about brother 👏🇦🇺
This Falcon was the best body of all falcons in my opinion what I love about them is the front end the quad Circle head lights it looks mean AF.
I do quite like it eh..
@@RossReviewsau yes man the Toughest looking XR8 in my eyes
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