I haven't but I think Dr Terry had one or knew of one. There was someone on here before who was working at Sydney Water or somewhere and they had a few new WB one tonners with 5 litres in them.
A Kingswood ute would be something that I would love too!
i met a bloke yesterday who walked into the dealership back in the 80's to fill in his order form for a WB kinga ute. 5L V8 WAS NOT AN OPTION. He begged and pleaded and they said NO WAY, only in a statesman. 3 months later his 253 4-speed WB kinga ute arrived. purchased for 11,500 and sold 3 years later for $11,000. not bad motoring!!
BQZ
Reading through these comments still am unsure where it all ended up on 351's in XE's. You could definitely get a 351 in an XE S-Pak as I worked at a Ford dealership in the mid to late 80's (used to wear my HDT jacket during winter) and we had an original low mileage 351 XE S-Pak traded in on a new Fairlane. The XE was so mint we kept it on the showroom floor which was usually reserved for new cars only. It sold in a matter of days even though it was a dark metallic brown colour (Russet).
Thanks bud thought i was getting dementia seen plenty of them back in the dayOriginally Posted by sandman77hx
Down to 3500 now. if i was down that way i would have that. Surely it would have to rate as collectable for a ford guy. Last V8 ford panel van . You could probably get it for 3000 cash.
Did the seller say that the 351 V8 was factory fitted ? If not, it's not really a rare collectible, although any XE van with tailgates instead of doors is a bit rare.
I'm not sure that it was the last V8 Falcon van. I believe that the last V8 Falcon panel van could have been the XH series II (1998). This was the last of the old shape before the AU intro. 2 of my clients have V8 utes in this model. Was the XHII van also available with a V8 ?
Ford have always been very restrictive with the V8 option the commercials. In the XR series, the 289 V8 was optional on all sedans & wagons, but not commercials of any type. An XE van with a 351, seems an odd combo to me. They were commonplace in XY, XA, XB, XC, but no so common in XD & XE.
With Holden you could order any HK ute or van with a 307 from day 1. I think the only restriction was the WB not being officially available with the 5-litre.
Dr Terry
I've only ever seen one, a yellow Cab chassis, L31 M40, column shift and bench seat.
Not sure dreams about WB's are common! Go one better and find a HZ Sandman 5litre ute. Will always be worth double what a WB Kingswood ute is worth!
Vin is V8144P---------. i dont know how to decipher ford tags but says V8 and someone on here said P is for police?
According to this ford forum they only did utes in XH. I probably shouldn't keep this going, it is a ford after all. But it is a panel van.
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?p=4021707
But the heart wants what the heart wants lol. My first ute was a WB so they've always been special to me. I've had 3 sandman ute's but only 2 WB's - need to even the ledger first :-)
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