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Ford V8 ages

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Ford V8 ages

Post by Bighazza »

Hey everybody

I need to know fairly quickly when ford stopped making V8's in the 1980's

I think it was around 82-83 but not sure

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Re: Ford V8 ages

Post by RUFF »

Bighazza wrote:Hey everybody

I need to know fairly quickly when ford stopped making V8's in the 1980's

I think it was around 82-83 but not sure

the month we be a great help as well

thanks
Ford never actually stopped making them. They were just not available in any ford passenger vehicles for a few years. Through the XE-XF era i beleive. 82-87 maybe??
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Post by Bighazza »

yes they were available in the XE the ESP 351 was the last in the falcon i believe?

But in a Ford magazine it says that they stopped in 1982, But looking around I have noticed a few XE V8's that are 1983's :?
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Post by cloughy »

nov 14 1982 if i remember rightly. last one fitted to an XE esp
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Post by CRUSHU »

cloughy wrote:nov 14 1982 if i remember rightly. last one fitted to an XE esp
By my book, the last Falcon V8 was a 302 XE ESP, built 25th NOV 82.

A lot of XE's were retro fitted with V8's by their owners, after they were dropped by Ford.
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Post by Beastmavster »

XE ESP was the last, although I thought they were a 351.

You may find XE's with later rego dates - build date and rego date are different, depending on the rules in your state.
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Post by CRUSHU »

ESP's were built with 6 cylinders, 302's and 351's. The last one was a 302.
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Post by Loanrangie »

My mates dad worked for ford and had the last xe esp v8 351 that rolled off the line, still has it i believe.
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