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Hey guys, long time no see.
Recently picked up a 1993 NC Fairlane 6cyl Going home, only to find it needs the head gasket done, so main plans will be as follows. Initial plans - EL engine with full BBM/Serpentine belt/thermo fan conversion. - manual conversion (but may go auto again first) - superlows - sports exhaust then: - DL LTD wheels or nice 18s or 19s - Later model leather interior and door trims. (Either ef/el fairmont or nf/nl lane) - cam/j3 chip And finally - Replace bonnet and boot with straight ones - fix graze on drivers rear door and dogleg - respray in Cardinal Red including body colour trim and door handles. Major rule with anything I do is that the AC has to work afterwards. I'm expecting a regas but I'd like to be able to keep me and my 4 year old cool in the heat. Still deciding whether to stuff around with having the gas system set up with the new motor or just getting it removed completely. I would like the boot space back and it's almost due for testing anyway.     
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Sweet. Another one being loved!!
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Oh yeah
 hahaNeeds some tlc but for $400 I'm not complaining yet. O
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Considering they were $40,000 20 years ago...
Jealous of your wood grain.... Mines all cracked.
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They've definitely depreciated a little bit over the years...
Haha, yeah this stuff is mint  just the odd small indent on it and that's it. I think there's a set on eBay for $40 at the moment that is pretty good (just from memory)
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Ok, so I was wrong.
Problem isn't the head gasket, transmission and coolant bottle are both full of coffee. Is there anything special that has to be done differently on a fairlane compared to a falcon for a manual conversion?
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Nah they are all the same just a different shell.
T-Fiiive, Go! 
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Lowlane7 wrote: Nah they are all the same just a different shell. T-Fiiive, Go! Haha, thanks mate. Ultimate plan will be t5, going to do a Flush of this box in the hope it's still good, since it's still working like a dream. But i do have some cemented plans now, thanks to my brother. Is a bit long term, and means I will have to wait a while before I can do much, but he's agreed to sell me his EF for $600 when he has saved enough to upgrade. This will give me - pacemaker extractors (not sure if they're comps or not) - great sounding exhaust I can use the muffler from for this car. - SL springs - EF engine and 4 speed auto - 17" wheels Plus plenty to part out and make some money back. Add to this my further plans - cam (unsure what, need to research) - J3 to run cam/exhaust - put dizzy in the ef and run it like an EL motor, with bbm/thermos/serp belt - 80% later model interior (all but dash and carpet ) - repair dents/replace damaged panels - respray There's more info on the engine, but I'll add that tomorrow
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A donor car makes everything easier..
But that looks like a solid sensible plan. Heaps of goodies already saved on too with the exhaust and SLs.. The evolution of the DylbyMobile begins....
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Haha, dylbymobile. Love it.
Yeah, exhaust and superlows pretty much covers the $600 alone. Engine will need some work, as it's making some top end noise, but I'll be stripping it and freshening it up so all should b good. Haven't seen the car in a few months so can't remember too much of what the noise was. May have a bonnet and boot sorted too. Dad is currently deciding what future his fairlane has after his gearbox s**t itself today.
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Well, I managed to stray fairly enormously from my plans for this over the past few days.
May have put a deposit down to get this: Attachment: image.jpg Which houses this... Attachment: image.jpg No real goodies with the rest of the car, but comes with a good V8, auto trans, all the wiring etc etc. for a full v8 conversion! Also picking up an LTD grill soon for it. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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