The ELGT would have to be one of the best cars released by Ford Australia, As it wears the GT badge correctly its the perfect Grand Tourer. Extremely comfortable and honestly its looks were well ahead of its time. This will be a true collectors and drivers car as we are already seeing massive price increases through this model of GT. Please drive one before you comment on this model.
I miss cruising around in a falcon (any spec). Spongy, comfy, enough power to have a bit cheeky fun (stock 6cyl). They were built to do a job, and they done their job well.
These EL GT's are very rare that when they came out in 97 not many people seen them because most people who bought them hid them away, the EL GT is 1 of the best facons made IMO
@@RossReviewsau I'm old school mate. Love the xf and EB and Ed and E series falcons. They look tuff and drive pretty well Hope you had fun in it mate. I'm jealous 😂
Love the EL GT, Ross. We’ve never seen any around our area. Must be very rare. A lot of money in 1997. What low Ks it’s got. Very well look after by the owner. Another great review from Melbourne. Keep up the good work.
I absolutely love them Jon ...I owned a 1996 EF Futura and it was a gun metal grey and it was a rare five speed manual ..there is just something really nice about the EF/EL proportions generally that I still like to this day... Who cares about the 0-100 ...perhaps that's the least important thing if you are lucky enough to own a GT...once again a great review of a great car...cheers
Loved this car since Need for Speed 3: hot pursuit. I still have the PC big box of this game with the EL GT and the VT GTS on the front cover, they rarely come up for sale.
The EL GT looks different from other EL’s. The BA GT looks a bit to much the same as and XR8 apart from the wing. I think the EL was also from a time when ford owned Jaguar. An underrated car and a great buy once apron a time.
I have an ef v8 ex police car and I have some gt parts for it I have a Fairmont front bonnet and grill which I think looks so much better I have the hood scoop so Ross can you measure from the back edge of the bonnet to the back of the scoop for me so I know we’re to cut the hole in The seats are older model seats I have all the same door cards for mine I do like those see through head rests It does look so good 😍😍👍👍
I always thought the front of the ELs looked great, but the rear lines around the taillights were a bit weird IMO. It was'nt a clean sheet design, of course so they did a pretty good job with what they had to work with (the EA/EB twins).
I've got the 97 DL LTD in Heritage Green, which was about the same price as the GT new at around $70k, but with less power and performance and more leg room in the rear and space in the boot. Not to mention, the DL continues to depreciate in value, whereas the GT keeps appreciating. I've also got an S1 AU wagon which has essentially the same suspension as the EL series. Although I did upgrade the AU to BF XR specs with uprights and swaybar changeover. By the way, this is the first video I've watched of yours. Great video too. You focused on the stuff that matters. DJ
I remember seeing one of these at an All Ford Day event we used to have here in New Zealand back in the day in my town The Mount. I fell in love 💙💙 instantly. I felt dirty getting into my Holden to drive home, it didn't feel right at all lol Great memory of a beautiful car
If it was burgundy too, its probably the guy I knew from Hamilton. He also had a GT40 replica. He and his wife would take both to the Henry Ford Day in Hamilton as well !!
@@avonrastonar Weirdly, I thought they were all that colour, as the Wheels/Motor magazines road test ones back then were also Burgundy. 25 years on, and I too have yet to see another one !!
Lucky for us we got the Tickford TS50 here in the States along with the HSV and it's by no means slow. Destroyed just about anything you raced against! Long live the Falcon!!😄💪👍👌♥️🇺🇸
Love the EL GT because it is just so different. Burgundy is the best colour in my opinion too. Totally agree about the 0 to 100 time being not that important. We don't buy these cars to thrash them nowadays
Another great review. And spot on about the colour range. I really don't understand why black wasn't an option in the EF/L series. Does my head in to this day. It really would've suited the range, Fairmonts and Fairlanes included.
Remember Jonathan that 99 Need for speed high stakes on PS1 I loved that theme music on the main menu as a kid called it was epic sound track ( Saki Kaskas - Callista )
That road you were on is great in sections but pretty rough in other spots, one of the roads you were very near (maybe even drove on) is called gellies road, at the end near sunbury is where the final scene in mad Max was filmed, when Max drove away from johnny the boy as he blew up and the credits rolled
Remember taking my Boss EL for a drive around the streets of Otara (South Auckland NZ) when they first came out 😲😲😲 I felt like the Man 😂😂😂.... great car Nice review bro as always🤘🤘🤘 💯💯💯❤
Hmm, not sure that anyone has pointed this out yet so in case not, I will. The styling was based off Darth Vader. This used to be referred to the Vader GT. I’m a through & through Ford fan since I can remember and just thought I’d let you know that in case you didn’t already and if nobody else did. Fantastic review as always!
I have always owned JDM & Euro cars. From the day I could walk I loved JDM cars. Growed up loving only JDM. Still own my first JDM car I got new at 15 my DC5-S over here in the states. It only has 28k original miles. Yes a DC5 6 speed manual with a K20Z1 that had 28k original miles. It's my first car I will never sell it. But yeh own over 10 to 15 Hondas and Acuras over the years. Then when I hit like 23 I started getting into BMW & BENZ & Audi. Owned M3 & M4 and 335IS. AMG and RS cars. Some of my favorite driving cars in the world. But just too unreliable. So after years of dumping money into cars to just keep them on thr road so I wanted to try a V8 American muscle for the first time. Then I bought a 2017 Chevrolet SS Sedan/Holden Commodore SS. With the 6.2 V8 LS3. At the time I was like OK cool a new daily. Then found out that it was a Holden and how special these Holdens were. Then it became a project car now sitting close to 1500hp Turbocharged. Now I'm a big big big V8 fan boy and a big Holden fan. I just purchased a WM Caprice from over here. So now I own 2 Holdens! And I will never own any other car without a V8 lol. Also planning on adding a VE/G8 & Manaro/GTO so I can have all the available cars that are over here that are Holden. You open my eyes to Australian cars and taught me alot about them. I am such a big fan of Australian cars. It's so sad that Australian don't make cars anymore. Cause they make some of the best one of a kind cars. Thanks for showing us all these Australian icons bro! One day you should travel over and review my American Holdens.
Such a great story mate! Really glad I could help show you the light to Aussie made muscle cars🇦🇺🤙they really are amazing things! Ps don’t sleep on the turbo Barra! 🤣 you might need one of them soon also
@@RossReviewsau yeh well as you know we have thr 2JZ over here. Smaller displacement but inclined 6 turbo. And we have the BMW motors in line 6 turbo also B58. But we don't have any Barra but a dream would be to swap a Barra into something over here. Or maybe even import a car with a Barra. V8 and inline 6 turbo are my 2 favorite engines. I mean it hopefully one day you could travel over here to review my Australian and all my other boosted cars bro.
@@RossReviewsau Make an announcement please and you should name it "More Ross reviews" as a tribute to Doug DeMuro dead channel, More Doug... And it sounds better as well...
I acually like the styling of this one heaps more than the EB GT falcon.. more eligant the Eb just look like a plastic 90's car. the EL body just looks like it would slice through the air
Johnny mate what the F@% another absolute classic EL GT,what a gem I love the old girl I've never seen one in person they're just too rare,she sounds & goes great a lil bit floaty boaty but still handles well on the road,I also like the body kit it's got a bit of a mad max look about it,great review man loved it & I can't wait to see what cars you review in Japan,ok you & the family enjoy your holiday buddy.
Hey just wanted to say hi and doing a great job with your channel glad your a ford fan. There already too many holden lovers out there i have allways loved me fords my first car was a xy wagon 6 cylinder 3 speed column shift was all i could afford back then and every car since has been a ford. Now I have a big stock FG XR 6 turbo absolutely love it. but wish I still had my XE Fairmont Ghia 351 that had 430 horse power with a 4 speed top loader in it it was my favourite out of them all but my FG is great never thought a standard 6 would go like it does but still will be get a bit out of it in the future. Any way mate I rambling on a bit great job keep it up may be try get some more older muscle cars from the 60's and 70's I am in my early 50's so grew up with them and you don't see them on road any more cause they rare and worth to much probably see ya mate. from Brad
Great review Jonny. This EL GT is same colour and has the same number plates as the GT that they reviewed in Wheels magazine back in 1997. That is the test vehicle that probably got thrashed to shit. Ps.These EL GT do 15.O 1/4mile so not very quick in today's world 🌎.
Awesome car mate thanks for sharing. I remember being so excited when they brought the GT back with the EB. And the EL GT just looked next level at the time with that supercar styling. Possibly the rarest GT ? Love to see how the Typhoon is going 🤞
I can definitely see the collector value in this car, but I also don’t reckon that rarity adds any appeal. EL Falcons just aren’t really my thing, this is nice though. 👍🏻
Hey man, I'm pretty sure the "P" in the numbered car plate means "Press car" it was to symbolise the first release that were for all the media to test drive and do reviews on etc, I maybe wrong but it's what I've been lead to believe
This was 12 years ago and they owned the cars for a long time before that. Lost contact with them now. But if they do still have those cars they would be rich
Awesome mate been waiting for this one. I always LOVED these and I have never seen one ever. I like the green one best. Looks pretty lux inside, wasn't expecting that. Great review. I really enjoyed this one 👍
It's just that grill that made it look weird. It's an odd styling choice that looks more like it belongs on an LTD than a GT. Still,it's no AU,so not the ugliest thing FORD Australia built.
Just seeing an el reminds me of mission impossible, blacked out chase cars. Tho the GT is smick but i still wish they did the xr headlights as they didn't on the eb either
I think I remember this EL GT on the cover of a motor magazine with that same rego 🤔 well done again, Ross for another amazing review. P.S I know this place where you did the review at the back roads near Melbourne Airport headed towards Bulla/ Sunbury and back, not so busy great place for testing cars
ELGT sounds like it should have a rainbow flag next to it! Wasn't a fan of these new, but cool factor now, is off the scale! Engine cover signed by Ford racer John Bowe no less, twice!
@@RossReviewsau I know a person who has one in mint condition and with less than 40k on the clock. They don't drive it much, bought it as an investment.
Ross says he loves all the old falcons and even "commodores" I almost unsubscribed when I heard the commodore part hahahahaha, just kidding mate, love ya work love the reviews always Cant wait to see the next
Easily in the top 5 ugliest cars in history, a true Frankenstein monstrosity! Hideous! Disgusting! Revolting! Enough to put you off your food! i want one!!!!!
Looks here n there . In hindsight ,....20/20 vision its a tribute to the originals . It will hold the old 100mph all day with more comfort. A practical ride hide to boot. A mile eater. A GTS/R competitor it is not. Nor was it intended to be . Soft n swift.
For me the EB GT had a cohesive look to it whereas the EL GT for my eyes is just hideous to look at. It may be an acquired taste but it's a taste I have no intentions of acquiring. Only 272 were ever made and to me that's 272 too many. It's "bitza' GT with bits form here and bits from there stuck on a Falcon body. Put an EL GT next to and XY GTHO and the EL GT looks like an imposter. I know I'm in a tiny minority but to my eyes it's a horrible looking car.
Very good car but the the front of them is hideous. Which is compounded by the EL XR6/8 being a simple and classy looking design. A variation on the XR nose with the twin side bonnet vents combined with the rest of the kit would've been a classy look.
Ford sales plummeted when the AU come out , the car itself was ok just nobody liked the headlights or the grill , it was competing with the vt commodore at the time .
Glenn, you’re completely right about that. Also, when I mentioned the styling I was referring to the overall body shape which would carry through to the BA and BF. The AU certainly wasn’t loved at the time but has since proven itself to be among the most reliable Australian cars, with many examples easily clocking over 400,000. Also, in recent years there has been a greater appreciation of the car due to this and the fact that they can be sourced easily and at an affordable price. So I can see where you are coming from, but considering the fact that the AU was the next best thing to a Barra Falcon, I reckon it deserves appreciation. 👍🏻
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The ELGT would have to be one of the best cars released by Ford Australia, As it wears the GT badge correctly its the perfect Grand Tourer. Extremely comfortable and honestly its looks were well ahead of its time. This will be a true collectors and drivers car as we are already seeing massive price increases through this model of GT. Please drive one before you comment on this model.
It was a true pleasure to drive I must say! Ageing well!
@@RossReviewsau definitely we have one with 217km on the clock so hasn’t even used a full tank of fuel yet!
Doesn't look as bad as a VN or VP Commodore 😂
Hay have you heard of EL special order 21 302
@@LBZAnnakin what was that variant of the El Xr8?
I miss cruising around in a falcon (any spec). Spongy, comfy, enough power to have a bit cheeky fun (stock 6cyl). They were built to do a job, and they done their job well.
Falcons and cruising just go so well eh🇦🇺👌
My favourite car I ever bought. I miss it almost every day. Build number 109 in green.
Beautiful cars
These EL GT's are very rare that when they came out in 97 not many people seen them because most people who bought them hid them away, the EL GT is 1 of the best facons made IMO
Glad you liked this one mate! Very rare
Nothing like a mint E series falcon.
Especially the gt.
What a beautiful looking vehicle
Cheers mate! Gotta love em
@@RossReviewsau I'm old school mate.
Love the xf and EB and Ed and E series falcons.
They look tuff and drive pretty well
Hope you had fun in it mate.
I'm jealous 😂
Gotta love that Canadian-Australia accent
😂😂😂 the best 😈
Didn't notice trill it was mentioned haha
Always have and always will love the EL GT! And Vinatge Burgundy is 100% the colour to have!!
Glad you enjoyed it mate
I agree. One of the better looking factory rims from Ford too IMO.
Iconic
Love the EL GT, Ross. We’ve never seen any around our area. Must be very rare. A lot of money in 1997. What low Ks it’s got. Very well look after by the owner. Another great review from Melbourne. Keep up the good work.
The owner is very loving of it👌🇦🇺
definitely agree the EB GT is a better looker. She got them curves you can't ignore 😍
Love the EB💦😈
I absolutely love them Jon ...I owned a 1996 EF Futura and it was a gun metal grey and it was a rare five speed manual ..there is just something really nice about the EF/EL proportions generally that I still like to this day... Who cares about the 0-100 ...perhaps that's the least important thing if you are lucky enough to own a GT...once again a great review of a great car...cheers
Cheers mate! Yup 0-100 is irrelevant.. these are perfect cruisers
Loved this car since Need for Speed 3: hot pursuit. I still have the PC big box of this game with the EL GT and the VT GTS on the front cover, they rarely come up for sale.
I need to play that game!😈
@@RossReviewsau yes you do, it was the best need for speed before NFS Underground. The box art is so good, I have it on display.
Those seat adjustment wheels/knobs on these cars are iconic.
I love the EL GT for being so ahead of it's time with the body kit, it just makes it a very unique looking car
🤣 it’s unique.. still love it tho
The EL GT looks different from other EL’s. The BA GT looks a bit to much the same as and XR8 apart from the wing. I think the EL was also from a time when ford owned Jaguar. An underrated car and a great buy once apron a time.
I have an ef v8 ex police car and I have some gt parts for it
I have a Fairmont front bonnet and grill which I think looks so much better
I have the hood scoop so Ross can you measure from the back edge of the bonnet to the back of the scoop for me so I know we’re to cut the hole in
The seats are older model seats I have all the same door cards for mine
I do like those see through head rests
It does look so good 😍😍👍👍
I always thought the front of the ELs looked great, but the rear lines around the taillights were a bit weird IMO. It was'nt a clean sheet design, of course so they did a pretty good job with what they had to work with (the EA/EB twins).
Yeah I agree this car is weirdly styled haha.. i prefer EB
I've got the 97 DL LTD in Heritage Green, which was about the same price as the GT new at around $70k, but with less power and performance and more leg room in the rear and space in the boot. Not to mention, the DL continues to depreciate in value, whereas the GT keeps appreciating.
I've also got an S1 AU wagon which has essentially the same suspension as the EL series. Although I did upgrade the AU to BF XR specs with uprights and swaybar changeover.
By the way, this is the first video I've watched of yours. Great video too. You focused on the stuff that matters.
DJ
I remember seeing one of these at an All Ford Day event we used to have here in New Zealand back in the day in my town The Mount. I fell in love 💙💙 instantly.
I felt dirty getting into my Holden to drive home, it didn't feel right at all lol
Great memory of a beautiful car
Glad I could bring back that memory bro🤙
@@RossReviewsau Roger that brother. All Ford Day and V8 Only Day were a great part of our summer here
If it was burgundy too, its probably the guy I knew from Hamilton. He also had a GT40 replica. He and his wife would take both to the Henry Ford Day in Hamilton as well !!
@@arkhsm yea Roger that brother the burgundy. It's the only one I've seen. Very good looking car
@@avonrastonar Weirdly, I thought they were all that colour, as the Wheels/Motor magazines road test ones back then were also Burgundy. 25 years on, and I too have yet to see another one !!
The EL GT and even the EB GT have been a personal favourite. Had a XH ute that wanted to do a EL GT mock up. Lack of funds didn't help
My man!! Keep up the great content. Love the older model cars more than the new. So much more raw character.
Great stuff! 👍
Thanks mate! More on the way
These and the VT series 1 GTS were in the Aussie version of Need for Speed 3 Hot pursuit. I always drove the HSV because the Falcon was just too slow
Lucky for us we got the Tickford TS50 here in the States along with the HSV and it's by no means slow. Destroyed just about anything you raced against! Long live the Falcon!!😄💪👍👌♥️🇺🇸
Hahah why NFS have to do Ford dirty like that😂💀
Fuck yeah, my old man had one of those through my whole childhood. Same colour and all. Awesome vehicle, best looking falcon ever imo.
No way that’s very cool mate
Love the EL GT because it is just so different. Burgundy is the best colour in my opinion too. Totally agree about the 0 to 100 time being not that important. We don't buy these cars to thrash them nowadays
That’s it eh! A nice cruise is what they are really made for
Another great review.
And spot on about the colour range.
I really don't understand why black wasn't an option in the EF/L series. Does my head in to this day. It really would've suited the range, Fairmonts and Fairlanes included.
Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it! Black would have been slick
@@RossReviewsau and go the Windsor!! 💪
Remember Jonathan that 99 Need for speed high stakes on PS1 I loved that theme music on the main menu as a kid called it was epic sound track ( Saki Kaskas - Callista )
I need to play that game again! 😍
@@RossReviewsau Yes man it brings me awesome childhood memories.
That road you were on is great in sections but pretty rough in other spots, one of the roads you were very near (maybe even drove on) is called gellies road, at the end near sunbury is where the final scene in mad Max was filmed, when Max drove away from johnny the boy as he blew up and the credits rolled
wow really had no idea cheers :)
One of my favourite GT falcons as well as the last FG GT with the 351 motor supercharged I just drooled lol
Both epic eh 💦🇦🇺
Most definitely
Remember taking my Boss EL for a drive around the streets of Otara (South Auckland NZ) when they first came out 😲😲😲 I felt like the Man 😂😂😂.... great car
Nice review bro as always🤘🤘🤘 💯💯💯❤
Back in the day would have been so dope eh😅
Your boss must of trusted you 👍
@@GuppyDundee He was a great Ford man and a good boss..... a new Falcon every 2 years 🤘🤘🤘💯💯💯
@@RossReviewsau Definitely 🤘🤘🤘💯
Is this EL GT in Gippsland? If it is, I saw it parked outside of a building!
I’m Melbourne not sure we’re tho
@@RossReviewsau Oh okay... Gippsland is a region in country VIC...
@@RossReviewsau That looks like South Gippsland actually... Kilcunda area to be precise...
I saw an EL GT around the Sale area I think...
Hmm, not sure that anyone has pointed this out yet so in case not, I will. The styling was based off Darth Vader. This used to be referred to the Vader GT. I’m a through & through Ford fan since I can remember and just thought I’d let you know that in case you didn’t already and if nobody else did. Fantastic review as always!
The bonnet holes looks like whale blow holes, and yeah i prefer the look EB more as well.
😂 yup I prefer the EB
I have always owned JDM & Euro cars.
From the day I could walk I loved JDM cars. Growed up loving only JDM. Still own my first JDM car I got new at 15 my DC5-S over here in the states. It only has 28k original miles. Yes a DC5 6 speed manual with a K20Z1 that had 28k original miles.
It's my first car I will never sell it.
But yeh own over 10 to 15 Hondas and Acuras over the years. Then when I hit like 23 I started getting into BMW & BENZ & Audi. Owned M3 & M4 and 335IS. AMG and RS cars. Some of my favorite driving cars in the world. But just too unreliable. So after years of dumping money into cars to just keep them on thr road so I wanted to try a V8 American muscle for the first time. Then I bought a 2017 Chevrolet SS Sedan/Holden Commodore SS. With the 6.2 V8 LS3. At the time I was like OK cool a new daily. Then found out that it was a Holden and how special these Holdens were. Then it became a project car now sitting close to 1500hp Turbocharged.
Now I'm a big big big V8 fan boy and a big Holden fan. I just purchased a WM Caprice from over here. So now I own 2 Holdens! And I will never own any other car without a V8 lol. Also planning on adding a VE/G8 & Manaro/GTO so I can have all the available cars that are over here that are Holden.
You open my eyes to Australian cars and taught me alot about them. I am such a big fan of Australian cars. It's so sad that Australian don't make cars anymore. Cause they make some of the best one of a kind cars.
Thanks for showing us all these Australian icons bro!
One day you should travel over and review my American Holdens.
Such a great story mate! Really glad I could help show you the light to Aussie made muscle cars🇦🇺🤙they really are amazing things! Ps don’t sleep on the turbo Barra! 🤣 you might need one of them soon also
@@RossReviewsau yeh well as you know we have thr 2JZ over here. Smaller displacement but inclined 6 turbo. And we have the BMW motors in line 6 turbo also B58. But we don't have any Barra but a dream would be to swap a Barra into something over here. Or maybe even import a car with a Barra.
V8 and inline 6 turbo are my 2 favorite engines.
I mean it hopefully one day you could travel over here to review my Australian and all my other boosted cars bro.
Quick question please brother when are we going 2 see you& the Barra doing a track day and your daily driver
We did a track day a while ago.. ps got a quarter mile video on the way👀 will be on my new channel tho ross reviews extra
@@RossReviewsau Make an announcement please and you should name it "More Ross reviews" as a tribute to Doug DeMuro dead channel, More Doug... And it sounds better as well...
Loved this car in need for speed iii.
And original Vic plates. Yes.
This car was very well loved
It looks like a V8 Supercar for the road, the wing is awesome.
I agree!
I acually like the styling of this one heaps more than the EB GT falcon.. more eligant the Eb just look like a plastic 90's car. the EL body just looks like it would slice through the air
I love that EB batmobile 🤣 don’t ask me why
I knew a guy here in NZ with one in the same Burgundy colour; his other car was a GT40 replica !!
Offff GT40 nice
Johnny mate what the F@% another absolute classic EL GT,what a gem I love the old girl I've never seen one in person they're just too rare,she sounds & goes great a lil bit floaty boaty but still handles well on the road,I also like the body kit it's got a bit of a mad max look about it,great review man loved it & I can't wait to see what cars you review in Japan,ok you & the family enjoy your holiday buddy.
Cheers Pete! I’ll do my best to line up a few cool cars while I’m here!
Hey just wanted to say hi and doing a great job with your channel glad your a ford fan. There already too many holden lovers out there i have allways loved me fords my first car was a xy wagon 6 cylinder 3 speed column shift was all i could afford back then and every car since has been a ford. Now I have a big stock FG XR 6 turbo absolutely love it. but wish I still had my XE Fairmont Ghia 351 that had 430 horse power with a 4 speed top loader in it it was my favourite out of them all but my FG is great never thought a standard 6 would go like it does but still will be get a bit out of it in the future. Any way mate I rambling on a bit great job keep it up may be try get some more older muscle cars from the 60's and 70's I am in my early 50's so grew up with them and you don't see them on road any more cause they rare and worth to much probably see ya mate. from Brad
Thank brad! Appreciate the support eh🙏
Great review Jonny. This EL GT is same colour and has the same number plates as the GT that they reviewed in Wheels magazine back in 1997. That is the test vehicle that probably got thrashed to shit. Ps.These EL GT do 15.O 1/4mile so not very quick in today's world 🌎.
Glad you enjoyed the review I think this is that very car from the test 😅👍
Another one of my dream cars.
Another classic 👀
Awesome car mate thanks for sharing. I remember being so excited when they brought the GT back with the EB. And the EL GT just looked next level at the time with that supercar styling. Possibly the rarest GT ? Love to see how the Typhoon is going 🤞
Typhoon update video coming soon! Sorry been flat out in Japan
Enjoy it mate
I can definitely see the collector value in this car, but I also don’t reckon that rarity adds any appeal. EL Falcons just aren’t really my thing, this is nice though. 👍🏻
Yeh I get that.. mainly a collects car for sure
Definitely mate. Love the channel also, keep the reviews coming! 👍🏻
Hey man, I'm pretty sure the "P" in the numbered car plate means "Press car" it was to symbolise the first release that were for all the media to test drive and do reviews on etc, I maybe wrong but it's what I've been lead to believe
Very well could have been… was a pre production car so 🤷♂️
My ex gf mum use to daily drive one of these
No way!
Yeah they also owned a xb John GOSS special. In perth w.a
This was 12 years ago and they owned the cars for a long time before that. Lost contact with them now. But if they do still have those cars they would be rich
Unusual design, shame the 302 wasnt anything special, love the original licence plate awesome. Just the grill really what were they thinking!
Yeh they really needed a bit more of a power bump eh
Awesome mate been waiting for this one.
I always LOVED these and I have never seen one ever. I like the green one best.
Looks pretty lux inside, wasn't expecting that.
Great review. I really enjoyed this one 👍
This was my fist time seeing one up close and we got to drive it🙏
@@RossReviewsau jealous as 👍😁
It's just that grill that made it look weird.
It's an odd styling choice that looks more like it belongs on an LTD than a GT.
Still,it's no AU,so not the ugliest thing FORD Australia built.
Grill and bonnet scoop ruins it. I love the front end of an ef/l xr
Nah AUs look most unique and sexy. Especially series 2 xrs and tickford TE/TS.
@@uptheau2875 Especially after a few beers.
EL XR8 looks way better than the GT
Ford Capri is worse than the AU in my opinion...
Just seeing an el reminds me of mission impossible, blacked out chase cars. Tho the GT is smick but i still wish they did the xr headlights as they didn't on the eb either
Such a rare car to see out anymore
I think I remember this EL GT on the cover of a motor magazine with that same rego 🤔 well done again, Ross for another amazing review. P.S I know this place where you did the review at the back roads near Melbourne Airport headed towards Bulla/ Sunbury and back, not so busy great place for testing cars
Was a convenient spot were I was 😅 n yes this car was very well looked after with lots of originals 👌
Very lucky mate , credit to the owner 💯 cheers for the review 😜
Very much credit to them 👌
Hoping to see one soon
True Australian motoring at its best right there.👌👌👌great review champ.👍👍
Thank you!🙏 appreciate that comment
I'd love to import one to the U.K.
What is your opinion on the ba falcon xl ute v8 manual and do you know how many were made?
I’m not sure man! Yet to review one of them
Those shifts are moist and flowing
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It was the start of the AU Falcon
Yup can see it in the interior
It's a wine red taxi with some tupperware. The budget would have been skinny.
🥲🥲🥲🥲💀 savage AF lol
$143,000 taxi in 2023 money.
It's on the front of the Need for Speed III cover from 1998 or so
That’s very cool I didn’t know that
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Like it. El always thought looked good. But yer not for everyone. Great to c em movin. Cheers ross
There's an EL GT for sale on carsales in WA for 87k.
damn
Grill and bonnet bulge always threw me off. Always liked the over fenders though
Yeh the grill and bonnet bludge are a bit weird 😅
I hate how the shifter is a bit to far forward feels uncomfortable to shift. Otherwise it’s a nice car
Still better than auto 😅
yep, the EL GT, is not easy on the eyes, coming from someone who thought the AU was ok, even the waterfall grill looked ok in my book.
It’s definitely the most head scratching design I’ve seen from Ford Australia
Prob a low el xr8 ute. Like em
Loved the review
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Very nice car!! It’s mint love it. 👌
Glad you enjoyed it
So rare and so good. Great review Jono!
Glad you enjoyed it mate
Yer the grill is out there
ELGT sounds like it should have a rainbow flag next to it! Wasn't a fan of these new, but cool factor now, is off the scale! Engine cover signed by Ford racer John Bowe no less, twice!
Yup it’s aged well! Very cool now
@Yobbo 🤣
Always loved the el gt, guy had one down the road from me..same colour.
There was nothing really special about them performance wise
Unfortunately not eh.. just a “wild” body kit
Another old gt thanks for showing.
My pleasure 😇
NL Fairlane by Tickford next?
On the way
@@RossReviewsau Aww yeah, this guy delivers! FBT is my absolute favourite E-series.
How much would one be worth with low kms?
just depends on how much someone's willing to pay
@@RossReviewsau I know a person who has one in mint condition and with less than 40k on the clock. They don't drive it much, bought it as an investment.
Love the content mate but please make your videos louder. Cheers
Thanks mate I’ll try to improve that
Very cool car! Looks a bit weird 🤣 but still cool 😎
I like that 🤣 weird… but cool
Ross says he loves all the old falcons and even "commodores"
I almost unsubscribed when I heard the commodore part hahahahaha, just kidding mate, love ya work love the reviews always
Cant wait to see the next
Gotta love em both especially now that they are both gone 🥲🇦🇺
In good Nic jono Chur bruha 🤙🤙
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It's a shame it didn't use a 351 windsor
That would have been cool to see
Definitely one of the beautifulest
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Just beautiful very nice
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Darth Vader on wheels
🤣 spot on
Nice
250 were built in the EL GT model
Cheers for the info
2 units went to South Africa and 20 units went to New Zealand and 250 units in Australia
Easily in the top 5 ugliest cars in history, a true Frankenstein monstrosity! Hideous! Disgusting! Revolting! Enough to put you off your food!
i want one!!!!!
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🤣🤣🤣 I have to agree
Has any one herd of special order 21 el 5.0 302
That a one off special version EL XR8 ?
Looks here n there . In hindsight ,....20/20 vision its a tribute to the originals . It will hold the old 100mph all day with more comfort. A practical ride hide to boot. A mile eater. A GTS/R competitor it is not. Nor was it intended to be . Soft n swift.
Beautiful car in its day 👌 you would of needed a fat wallet off the show room floor 👍
Big time eh🤑🤑🤑
why are you down here?
Was filming reviews
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The slowest car in NFS 3: Hot Pursuit 😂😂😂😂
Redlining that old girl, would have given it the good old 'Italian tuneup'..
😂 she wasn’t firing quite right I reckon she had more to give just maybe some old fuel
Sry but it looks like an eBay build. The only good thing that Ford Australia did was chuck a turbo on an in-line six.
Definitely an acquired taste
so weird watching you drive these sick as cars on the same road i take to work everyday
🤣 few more reviews incoming on that road yet😉
They dropped the pie on this what a disaster, probably the the same clowns that designed the AU!
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Who would have thunk 😅😅💀 nice review dude, not much information or videos about these
Probably the only one on TH-cam 😅🇦🇺
For me the EB GT had a cohesive look to it whereas the EL GT for my eyes is just hideous to look at. It may be an acquired taste but it's a taste I have no intentions of acquiring. Only 272 were ever made and to me that's 272 too many. It's "bitza' GT with bits form here and bits from there stuck on a Falcon body. Put an EL GT next to and XY GTHO and the EL GT looks like an imposter.
I know I'm in a tiny minority but to my eyes it's a horrible looking car.
Very good car but the the front of them is hideous. Which is compounded by the EL XR6/8 being a simple and classy looking design. A variation on the XR nose with the twin side bonnet vents combined with the rest of the kit would've been a classy look.
On today's TV there was an ugliest dog award lol
🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀 savage
you'd know you were the winner pmsl.....hehe
Still looks great , worst ford AU hands down .
Gotta disagree with you there mate. I reckon things went downhill after the XE and the AU turned it round in terms of styling and performance. 👍🏻
Ford sales plummeted when the AU come out , the car itself was ok just nobody liked the headlights or the grill , it was competing with the vt commodore at the time .
I gotta disagree also.. love my AU
Glenn, you’re completely right about that. Also, when I mentioned the styling I was referring to the overall body shape which would carry through to the BA and BF. The AU certainly wasn’t loved at the time but has since proven itself to be among the most reliable Australian cars, with many examples easily clocking over 400,000. Also, in recent years there has been a greater appreciation of the car due to this and the fact that they can be sourced easily and at an affordable price. So I can see where you are coming from, but considering the fact that the AU was the next best thing to a Barra Falcon, I reckon it deserves appreciation. 👍🏻