under construction is my xg xr6 ute though i would start a tread as i will be building this ute up as been wanting to do a genuine xr ute with the round headlights and front bar blinkers

looking at throwing in an el xr6 tickford light worked motor with t5speed box pedal conversion wiring etc should be fun

recondition diff as lsd maybe reshim depending on cost but motor and paint will be first

throwing on a ba xr8 ute rear tub side skirts rearbar customised to fit with towbar(looks like ill be fibreglassing for days on this one)

either hard top lid with gt wing or maybe canopy still to source these parts again cost wi$$$e will determine the finish product

paint will either be candy green with light lower airbrush flames (got a mate who will be doing me a favour should be intersting once i finish the body work)

interior either re-trim the xr seats or replace with fairmont ghia bucket seats and door trims,might look at changing dash to dl ltd dash or re-trim with fake leather(pleather its called not cowhide)



more..................to come will take a while to do pics and post over a period of time ,luck me though i have eb ed el ef au ba ford modelss spare parts cars make my project happen looking at spending $6000 all up paint,body engine work will take most of it time is the factor though




here is some rough pics

started work on the interior today cleaning out the dirty old seats,carpet center console and replaced with ba xr8 ute carpet and ed xr6 front seats also changine the door sill plates to ed sedan just need to fill the gap under the ba carpet

also replaced them old door rubbers with ba ute which match up good with the ed sill plates even the rubbers line up with front window moulds








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here is some different cenetr consoles i tried



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dirty old carpet took it out put the ba carpet on top and cut it down to size good fit




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dirty old s pack seats

seats and carpet will come up nice with a good detail just need to finish off seat belt surrounds might fit a tweeter in the hole section about lower seat belt bit,then ill work on changine around dash also fit an au momo woodgrain/leather steering wheel

finished off the door runners had to stay original for now to fit the ba door rubber fits good just needs a bit of glue on the corners to stay perfect,cut a peice of the old door rubber to fit on lower door sill section will redo the whole thing a final finsh after dash is removed







replaced broken window used extra glue around outer edges to stop any rain



next will do some thing about those ugly door trims might chop the door a bit to fit xr or ghia door trims also fitting power windows central locking wiring loom door speakers need to make some brakets and drill holes tedious job maybe next weekend might change door handles to el ef

stripped down front end to inspect light damage need a front bar, rh bar braket also hard to find bumper bar light ,headlight needs some reasembly i have a few left overs from broken one to make good headlight then fibreglass the surrounds rubb back for paint






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dirty old motor runs well but has to go has new water pump,belts but has exhaust crack and stinks after a while,any 1 want a cheap running motor and auto box minus accessories pm me needs to go
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tranny cooler and power steering cooler look in good condition for age

finished off the door runners had to stay original for now to fit the ba door rubber fits good just needs a bit of glue on the corners to stay perfect,cut a peice of the old door rubber to fit on lower door sill section will redo the whole thing a final finsh after dash is removed







replaced broken window used extra glue around outer edges to stop any rain



next will do some thing about those ugly door trims might chop the door a bit to fit xr or ghia door trims also fitting power windows central locking wiring loom door speakers need to make some brakets and drill holes tedious job maybe next weekend might change door handles to el ef

stripped down front end to inspect light damage need a front bar, rh bar braket also hard to find bumper bar light ,headlight needs some reasembly i have a few left overs from broken one to make good headlight then fibreglass the surrounds rubb back for paint






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dirty old motor runs well but has to go has new water pump,belts but has exhaust crack and stinks after a while,any 1 want a cheap running motor and auto box minus accessories pm me needs to go
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tranny cooler and power steering cooler look in good condition for age

did the tedious job of repairing the xr damaged headlight took it apart swapedd over wiring loom from ef to xg,took the tabs apart the reassemble not a fun job but got it all sitting nice


just missing the plastic clips for low beam(any one know were to get would be nice)

going in a new direction with the motor putting an ed xr6 stock motor with rebiult head new welsh plugs going onto the stock auto for now to get trough rego

ripped out the xr6 motor nice and clean for age now need to remove the xg dirty motor

might use the auto box depending on condition of the xg auto easy to swap



might repaint the sump blue tommorow might do the auto tray blue as well got some good exhaust paint left over from the hurricane extractors i painted ill fit it in once motor is done



au momo steering wheel is going on test fitted and will work once i remove that damaged airbag dam security screws were chewd and drill isnt good as the screws just blunt drill bits









fixed the spare wheel lock now works fine als lucky me found the missing wheel badge on the spare so have a set of 4 nice

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painted the hurricane headers come up nice red will be doing sump same colour,also attached the bullbar now need to cut holes for the front xr blinkers.bought all my engine change over bits oils,coolant,main seal fuel filter oil filter etc doing conversion on saturday








bullbar just needs to be adjusted to sit flush

motor swap done kept the auto box but changed over to ed xr6 auto




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new auto in

had fun fitting the auto in

all done now can fit extractors and service & clean up

the extra room on the firewall made it easy to do top engine bolts as xr sedans done have that much room

those clips can be bought new from http://www.twinlight.com.au/twinlightspareparts.htm

i was looking everywere for them clips,i ended up cable tieing the lights in.the black clips pictured are for adjustable ones i think they will work but not for the low beams i need the same as the white clips pictured to work






black clips from the website link dont hold the low beams in place for xg round lights

they did for mine but the clip goes on the ball end then clips in with help from long nose pliers.

Hi mate, looks like you've got a good project going there. I drive a xg ute myself, look forward to reading your progress.