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22-05-2006, 05:43 PM
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Boooostn'
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide Northside
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Hey all,
Well after being a bit bored this afternoon, and having people requesting some pics of my car, I thought I would just share with everyone the development of this vehicle. I obtained the car off my Dad last year, he had had it since 1996. It started life as a stock standard 6cyl ED Falcon GLi wagon. The only options for it were air-conditioning and automatic. The car had travelled 212,000kms when started driving it as my own. I was not happy with the 6cyl motor in the car, and combined with the fact I managed to source a very, very cheap NCII Fairlane Ghia 5.0l V8 wreck, I think the next progression was natural. Over my Christmas Holidays from work I ended up stripping the NC wreck and selling some parts to fund my V8 conversion on the wagon. By mid January the wagon was converted into a V8. The conversion was fairly easy, and straight forward, so much so that the car started up the first time with out any problems. The help I had from Darin (fairmont1998) was immeasurable through the conversion, also Dan (Walkinshaw) and Barry (Barry_V) leant a hand which was also extremely helpful. The project at the moment has not finished, as I still have two EF Ghia front seats to add to it (Thanks John!), as well as that, I still have to install my power window conversion, trip computer, ED XR8 instrument cluster, as well as the EL wagon tail lights and full ED XR8 front end (headlights, grille, indicators) conversion. Last week I had it lowered (everyone knows how horrid the ride height was on the wagon, it looked like a 4x4!) and I got some AUII XR8 rims from Phil on the weekend, so now it is starting to look like a decent car!. Here are the pics!    
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22-05-2006, 05:50 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Looking very nice chris, the XR front should set it off great! How dark is that tint ? looks awesome.
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22-05-2006, 05:52 PM
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Boooostn'
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide Northside
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I'm not sure of the percentage, but it is fairly dark, however it is 10 years old, it hasn't bubbled at all or anything, but it is going a little bit purpley... so I will get it redone soon...
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2012 FPV GS Ute - Kinetic, Supercharged 5.0L, 6spd ZF auto, leather interior - The Boosted Daily! 1979 XD Fairmont Ghia - Silver, 302C V8, Full velour interior, slowly building her up to be a tough cruiser! 2002 Nissan Patrol ST - Desert Gold, 4.8L DOHC 6cyl petrol (Soon to be reequipped with a 5.7L LS1 V8), 5speed auto, lifted, locked, 33's, nature destruction vehicle! |
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22-05-2006, 05:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Geelong
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looks sweet lowered chris, you're not wrong about it looking very 4x4 before !
 i wonder how it'd look with that C pillar painted black......... |
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22-05-2006, 06:17 PM
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I second wayne's suggestion! :sm_drool:
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22-05-2006, 06:28 PM
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V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
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Nice car, the Clear Repeaters and Indicators look smicko with the White car. Some new EF style taillights and youll be laughing. Sweet wagon
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22-05-2006, 06:52 PM
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Parts bin special
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Nice wagon btw. Looks clean as.
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22-05-2006, 06:55 PM
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22-05-2006, 06:56 PM
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nice wagon there mate.
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22-05-2006, 08:27 PM
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Tha Stah
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Werribee
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I like
What do you think about colour coded door handles (white colour)?
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22-05-2006, 08:29 PM
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Boooostn'
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide Northside
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Well I do have a spare set of handles, i think colour coded ones should be alright, I might get them done when I have my front grille for the XR headlights sprayed up!
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2012 FPV GS Ute - Kinetic, Supercharged 5.0L, 6spd ZF auto, leather interior - The Boosted Daily! 1979 XD Fairmont Ghia - Silver, 302C V8, Full velour interior, slowly building her up to be a tough cruiser! 2002 Nissan Patrol ST - Desert Gold, 4.8L DOHC 6cyl petrol (Soon to be reequipped with a 5.7L LS1 V8), 5speed auto, lifted, locked, 33's, nature destruction vehicle! |
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22-05-2006, 09:10 PM
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The tuff rat primer look! Mix it up a bit... |
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22-05-2006, 09:58 PM
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growing up is optional
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Gawler area SA
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EL wagon rear lights with the clear indicators would finish it off nicely
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23-05-2006, 02:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: North Haven, Adelaide
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looks nice...but take those reflectors off the doors.
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23-05-2006, 07:19 AM
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Not your average EF Wagon
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Very nice mate. The roof racks gotta go.
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23-05-2006, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide
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Get the B pilar stickers from Ford. DO your XR front end, colour code the handels and EL rear lights, should be a niiiiiice cruiser! very cool mate!
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23-05-2006, 09:30 AM
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Boooostn'
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide Northside
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Yeah, I was thinkin I should get the B pillar stickers ;) I have the EL rear lights sitting in boxes here... lol you know me and my part hoarding Dan! thanks for the nice comments guys
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2012 FPV GS Ute - Kinetic, Supercharged 5.0L, 6spd ZF auto, leather interior - The Boosted Daily! 1979 XD Fairmont Ghia - Silver, 302C V8, Full velour interior, slowly building her up to be a tough cruiser! 2002 Nissan Patrol ST - Desert Gold, 4.8L DOHC 6cyl petrol (Soon to be reequipped with a 5.7L LS1 V8), 5speed auto, lifted, locked, 33's, nature destruction vehicle! |
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23-05-2006, 03:36 PM
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Smash the Boost
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Location: Brisbane
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needs all of the above done, and ditch the AU's for some nice gloss black stockos
I know u wanna be a hobo bogan crotch grabbing V8 owner lol
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23-05-2006, 03:55 PM
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Dream Car..........
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Looks good mate. Love the wheels.
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23-05-2006, 03:56 PM
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Boooostn'
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide Northside
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Got bored today, so EL tail lights are now in... ;)
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2012 FPV GS Ute - Kinetic, Supercharged 5.0L, 6spd ZF auto, leather interior - The Boosted Daily! 1979 XD Fairmont Ghia - Silver, 302C V8, Full velour interior, slowly building her up to be a tough cruiser! 2002 Nissan Patrol ST - Desert Gold, 4.8L DOHC 6cyl petrol (Soon to be reequipped with a 5.7L LS1 V8), 5speed auto, lifted, locked, 33's, nature destruction vehicle! |
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23-05-2006, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lower Hunter Valley, NSW
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Great to see another ED V8 wagon! This is exactly what I was going to do with my ED GLi but I found a Fairmont instead at the right time. Are you going to paint your NC doors white and fit them as well(for the power window issue?) and how hard was it to fit the climate control etc?
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23-05-2006, 04:10 PM
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Boooostn'
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide Northside
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banarcus - us ED V8 wagon owners are a rare breed I suspect! As for the power window issue, nah I wont spray the NC doors, they are long gone, all I will do is remove the window winders from the door, put in the power window with the NC Fairlane door loom, and wire it all up, easy as pie
I didn't bother fitting climate control because I get issues with it in the other Eseries car's ive owned, so I just used the GLi climate controller. Infact, it just uses the ED GLi dash, plugged straight into the NC Fairlane engine loom so was easy as
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2012 FPV GS Ute - Kinetic, Supercharged 5.0L, 6spd ZF auto, leather interior - The Boosted Daily! 1979 XD Fairmont Ghia - Silver, 302C V8, Full velour interior, slowly building her up to be a tough cruiser! 2002 Nissan Patrol ST - Desert Gold, 4.8L DOHC 6cyl petrol (Soon to be reequipped with a 5.7L LS1 V8), 5speed auto, lifted, locked, 33's, nature destruction vehicle! |
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My 94 ED GLi Wagon
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