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Old 19-02-2006, 08:12 PM   #1
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Default Anyone seen a EA-B or D traytop

As the title says has anyone ever seen one? Just a while ago i was on my way home from work and i saw what i swear was a traytop EA-B or D ute, because i was driving i couldnt get a pic and i havnt seen it since. I know there wasnt any utes made let alone traytops, I know the hillier boys did one or two E-series utes but never heard of a traytop, also you would think it would be more hassle than its worth to do it. Anyone know anything id love to know, oh yeah it was in that greeny silver colour (waits for correct name )

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Old 19-02-2006, 08:17 PM   #2
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I saw a white one once, way back in the day it was a EB I think.
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Old 19-02-2006, 08:43 PM   #3
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there was a burgandy one at summernats a year or two ago, was done really well. i lost the pics tho sorry...
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Old 19-02-2006, 11:23 PM   #4
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There was a company that made tray tops out of Falcons and commodores. The Aussie One Tonner Company, or something like that. They were a pretty dear conversion. Then Ford and Holden bought out tray tops, which sort of made the AOTC version redundant...
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Except now they make 6 wheel 1.75 Tonne Falcon utes dont they?
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Old 20-02-2006, 03:51 AM   #6
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i thought that the eb equivlint to a ute was a ef ute looking thing with the the eb motor in it atleast i have seen one of them setup that way in a car yard for sale in gipsland at the moment except i think it has all xr6 motor and running gear in it
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the hillier brothers built a ute from an eb wagon (i think) with ef front panels. that was years ago tho.
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Old 20-02-2006, 12:32 PM   #8
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ive seen a couple floating around adelaide, one was a tray top ea ghia in silver, looked alright, then theres the eb wagone which was chopped from the rear doors and turned into a eb dual cab but it has a nc fairlane front complete with vn bonnet buldge <- YUKKKKKK. otherwise its hot, i think its for sale too.

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This company make (made?) the E-series traytops => Hammond Conversions

Not the Hilliers (beautiful E-series ute though).
Not the Aussie One Tonner Company.

Interestingly the ones that I have seen, which include the burgandy one at SummerNats, kept the sedan suspension (trailing arms and watt's link) not the expected wagon cart springs.

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Old 20-02-2006, 11:29 PM   #10
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ive seen a couple floating around adelaide, one was a tray top ea ghia in silver,
I reckon that must have been the one i saw
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