Louth Clearing Sale Dunlop station

[jennie285]

$3700 is a bit much for an EK ute thats not restored maybe $2000 would of being a better price, but its an auction it's unpredicatble.

yes hense we didn't buy it....it prob was worth it though these are getting scarce...just getting it home and spending loads on it didn't appeal...we thought it was in much better condition from the write up about it and the talk in Cobar...

[HQGTSbrad]

was there a fair bit of rust?

[HQGTSbrad]

heres some pictures of our EK panno, we bought it for $1800 has a fair bit of rust.

[HQGTSbrad]

See where the tape is, under that is big holes.

[HK1837]

Why the hell would anyone pay $25000 for a 6cyl piece of junk XY 4x4 when they could have a HX or HZ Overlander ute, probably a Sandman nonetheless, in V8 TH400 and probably in twice the condition? Just crazy to me. It's like paying twice as much for a VN ute over a VE ute!

[HQGTSbrad]

have to agree with that
but they are pretty rare.

[jennie285]

Why the hell would anyone pay $25000 for a 6cyl piece of junk XY 4x4 when they could have a HX or HZ Overlander ute, probably a Sandman nonetheless, in V8 TH400 and probably in twice the condition? Just crazy to me. It's like paying twice as much for a VN ute over a VE ute!

I guess because they are into Fords, and they only made 430 of them...we would have bought it for about $7000, and sat on it for a few years..and do bits and pieces as money allowed. Ford actually made these in 1972 they kept 430 XY bodies to make them, but called them XA on the badge, as it was during the time XA's were being built....

[HK1837]

I guess because they are into Fords, and they only made 430 of them...we would have bought it for about $7000, and sat on it for a few years..and do bits and pieces as money allowed. Ford actually made these in 1972 they kept 430 XY bodies to make them, but called them XA on the badge, as it was during the time XA's were being built....

I suppose so, but there was about 50 or so Overlander utes made. XY's are monocoque construction, Overlander utes are full chassis. It'll probably be the same BS reason that blokes pay ridiculous $ for XY GT's. What that reason is I don't know. Maybe it is because Ford didn't build anything worth having after XY (apart from XA RPO83)!