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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:25 pm 
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EL Fairmont front grille - the part(s) that bolt into the bonnet

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 3:41 pm 
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i have 1 but i've stripped the paint off it in order to either get it anodised or polish it.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:29 pm 
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concorde wrote:
i have 1 but i've stripped the paint off it in order to either get it anodised or polish it.


Is it definately from an EL (not EF), with the chrome outer surround, and could I repaint the blackouts to get back to a standard EL grille ???

How much do you want for it ??

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:31 pm 
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as far as i know the EF and EL fairmiont grills are the same.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:33 pm 
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concorde wrote:
as far as i know the EF and EL fairmiont grills are the same.


No, the EL's have a chrome surround, and the EF's are painted body colour.

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:39 pm 
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:48 pm 
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the fairmont ones are colour coded, you want a fairmont ghia grill.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:33 pm 
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concorde wrote:
the fairmont ones are colour coded, you want a fairmont ghia grill.


Now, I'm confused - I will check.

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:34 pm 
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Thanks, I'll have a look.

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:45 pm 
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cro142 wrote:
Now, I'm confused - I will check.

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Peter, the EL Fairmont and Fairmont Ghia grilles are the ones with the chrome outer.
The difference between the Fairmont and Ghia versions is that the centre bar which the Ford badge is mounted to is grey in Fairmont grilles and body coloured in Ghia grilles. The rest of the grille is identical.
Hope this helps a little.

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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:44 pm 
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cro142 wrote:
Now, I'm confused - I will check.

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Peter


Peter, the EL Fairmont and Fairmont Ghia grilles are the ones with the chrome outer.
The difference between the Fairmont and Ghia versions is that the centre bar which the Ford badge is mounted to is grey in Fairmont grilles and body coloured in Ghia grilles. The rest of the grille is identical.
Hope this helps a little.

Darin.


Thanks Fairmont 98, I am now clear on this. My daughter has an EL Ghia, with the body colour centre bar but I wasn't sure of the Fairmont set-up.

I can live with either - I could paint the centre bar if necessary.

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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:32 am 
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cro142 wrote:
concorde wrote:
as far as i know the EF and EL fairmiont grills are the same.


No, the EL's have a chrome surround, and the EF's are painted body colour.

P


The centre part of the EL grilles is also slighly larger but the overall grille dimensions are the same. This is acheived by reducing the thickness of the top border of the grille.

How much is stripping and polishing the grille (EF version) likely to cost, btw?

 

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