Fordmods Logo

666DAN's EL V8 Fairmont Ghia 

 

Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] 

 
 Post subject: 666DAN's EL V8 Fairmont Ghia
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:58 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline
User avatar

Age: 39

Posts: 28

Joined: 14th Oct 2013

Ride: EL Falcon

Location: Porirua
New Zealand

August 2014

An unloved V8 Fairmont came into the workshop running like s**t, buggered radiator and windows that wouldn't go up or down. The owner was a local business owner that had the car for years and years but had parked it up after buying a couple of later model cars.
She was rusty and needed a decent amount of coin spent on her to be a: Reliable and B: pass the strict Warrent of fitness standards here in NZ.
The customer didn't think it was worth his while spending money on it so I offered him a cheeky 2 grand for it.....
I now own the car.
Here are a couple of pics of when I gave her the first going over before I struck the deal

Image

Image

Image

I got her cleaned up, running nice with no coolant loss, gave her some noise courtesy of no cats (legal in NZ) and a flowmaster muffler, repaired all the rust and got her legal. She also got the SVOETA personalised plates slapped on.

Image

Image

Image

Gave her a few personal touches, skull door lock poppers, wing mirror adjuster, removed spoiler, added a pod filter and stainless intake pipe
Image
Image
Image
Image

Also managed to get the engine cover/hot plate from the previous owner
Image
Image

Time went by and I chucked the spoiler back on and lowered her into the weeds a little
Image
Image

I also bought some black plastidip and painted the wheels, chrome garnish on the boot and the grille
Image
Image
Image
Image

 

_________________

EL FALCON FUTURA
BWARP.NET.NZ | BLOG | FORUM | SHOP

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: 666DAN's EL V8 Fairmont Ghia
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 7:09 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline
User avatar

Age: 39

Posts: 28

Joined: 14th Oct 2013

Ride: EL Falcon

Location: Porirua
New Zealand

I decided the grille looked s**t so the plastdip got peeled off. I dyed some interior pieces black as woodgrain and grey doesn't rock my world.
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

And that brings us up to now.

I have missed out a few things as there aren't any pics. I ran a cold air intake from the bumper vents up into the airbox which I am running a pod filter in. The usual new brembo rotors and new pads all round, new spark plugs. New number plate. Subs and amp etc etc

I have taken the wheels back to the shadow chrome and lowered the front a little more so the height is more even.

Current look
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

Still a work in progress but I love the old girl

 

_________________

EL FALCON FUTURA
BWARP.NET.NZ | BLOG | FORUM | SHOP

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: 666DAN's EL V8 Fairmont Ghia
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:42 pm 
Fordmods Newbie
Offline
User avatar

Age: 41

Posts: 5

Joined: 30th May 2011

Ride: EL Fairmont Ghia 5.0ltr

Location: MELBOURNE
VIC, Australia

G'day 666DAN, She looks a million bucks, am a fan of those ROH rims too! Am in the process of fixing up an EL fairmont Ghia aswell. Keep up the good work

 

_________________

RIDES
- 98 EL FAIRMONT GHIA 5.0ltr
- 12 FG FPV F6 (rocket ship)
- 09 FG XR6T SEDAN
- 09 FG XR6 UTE

Image

Top
 Profile  
 
 
 Post subject: Re: 666DAN's EL V8 Fairmont Ghia
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:26 pm 
Oompa Loompa
Offline
User avatar

Age: 39

Posts: 28

Joined: 14th Oct 2013

Ride: EL Falcon

Location: Porirua
New Zealand

Cheers for the kind words dude.

Had a little progress. Replaced the coolant expansion tank. Carried out a trans flush at work, cleaned IACV and EGR as well as engine oil and filter change. We just got a smoke machine at work so chucked that on and found a couple of leaks that I will investigate further when I have more time but due to working 65hrs p/w and this being my daily I can't really achieve a lot with one day off.

I also acquired a bonnet to graft a BA bulge on to.
The bonnet was a little rough as to be expected so out with the panel hammers, bondy and primer.

Anyway whats an upate without progress pics


Image
Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

 

_________________

EL FALCON FUTURA
BWARP.NET.NZ | BLOG | FORUM | SHOP

Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:
Sort by  
 Page 1 of 1  [ 4 posts ] 

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

 

 

It is currently Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:49 am All times are UTC + 11 hours

 

 

(c)2014 Total Web Solutions Australia - Australian Web Hosting and Domain Names