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ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:32 pm
by 69candy
I have one of these in the shed. Wife uses it to drive to work everyday. Its up to 145000 odd kms on it now. wondering what to do with it. I recon its prob worth $15000 to sell. do I sell it or pull the motor trans and find myself another 69 and do a an engine transplant?? Love to keep it as is, but really need to get the missus a smaller newer car. Rest of the car is in good shape, no rust, complete original, couple of small marks on the paint, Damm car parks
and never bent. what to do
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 10:22 pm
by moe
Keep it, store it, finish the mustang then have fun with it...
Auto/Man?
Colour??
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:36 am
by jusTANG
hill climb car
you hearing me MOE
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:05 am
by moe
jusTANG wrote:
hill climb car
you hearing me MOE
Know of any
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 3:05 pm
by jusTANG
maybe......
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 7:56 pm
by jas24zzk
Genuine ED Sprint......like gold.
Even the rear suspension geometry is different.
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 12:49 pm
by jusTANG
some good info around on them.
and your right Jas,
Although almost $20,000 cheaper than an EB GT, the Sprint was priced $8000 above a basic ED XR8 and demanded some significant value-adding; something which Ford's Tickford Engineering subsidiary installed from the wheels up.
In place of the standard XR's 15inch spoked alloys were 16-inchers carrying 225 section tyres. The brake package was lifted from the previous year's GT and the suspension upgraded to GT specification with a limited-slip differential standard.
not to many either around
While declining to sell Sprints in a numbered edition as it had with the GT, Ford stated that production would be limited to 300 cars. However, by mid-2004 when the last one left the showroom, 184 manual-transmission cars and 172 automatics had been built. The extra 56 were reportedly sent to New Zealand.
info sourced from
http://www.uniquecars.carpoint.com.au/p ... fault.aspx
I found out about them when my mate MOE tried to get me to buy yet another car, loves to spend my hard earnt
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 4:12 pm
by blkpny
I have a mate restoring one, he seems to think it's desirable.
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:05 pm
by moe
blkpny wrote:I have a mate restoring one, he seems to think it's desirable.
Is that the white one which had the engine bay fire? Had undergone a manual conversion????
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:13 pm
by blkpny
yeah maybe? It did have an engine fire.
He's active on the Ford Forums.
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:42 pm
by moe
That would be it, I was half interested as he put up an EOI to move it on.
Mates with Nudge from memory.
Re: ED XR8 Sprint
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:48 pm
by blkpny
Yep, LTDHO I think he goes by on the forums.