Boosted Falcon

Hey guys,
reading the paper and a couple forums this morning got me thinking, what would be the most expensive thing that could go wrong with an e-series nowdays? Excluding crashes.

Like, are there many parts that are only available from Ford, that can't be substituted, and are hard to find second hand?

V8 stuff that's Falcon specific is expensive/hard to find, but you can generally substitute Mustang parts, or make generic water hoses fit easily. Apart from that, I can't think of anything overly expensive, especially when you look at other cars. Jared (I think) with his 5 Series BMW, and the 7k gearbox rebuild comes to mind, as does air con compressors on Commodores.

I guess being able to buy a complete car for $500 means parts are ultra cheap

A dizzy or altenator for a windsor are pretty pricey

I'd say getting a legit roady would be right up there with the likes of a ground up rebuild in terms of price and effort lol

5 Litre specific bits, and XR front panels. Finding good leather trim is difficult now too.

Replacing all exterior rubbers

the most expensive is repairing your soul/pride once you buy a eseries.....

LOW_XR wrote:the most expensive is repairing your soul/pride once you buy a eseries.....

How does the compare to the damage from writing off $30k HSVs/FPVs?

Snap. Jeez I'm a **** sometimes.

LOW_XR wrote:the most expensive is repairing your soul/pride once you buy a eseries.....

Your pretty funny ..

Not funny haha funny though

I'd say XH front panels would have to be exxy

T5 for a 5l? Momo wheel in good nick.

Anything EL GT in reasonable nick.

TUFED6 wrote:

LOW_XR wrote:the most expensive is repairing your soul/pride once you buy a eseries.....

How does the compare to the damage from writing off $30k HSVs/FPVs?

Snap. Jeez I'm a **** sometimes.

meh idaf. pay 38k for a maloo. get payed out 48k
pay 31k for a f6 get payed out 34k

pay 5k for a series- write it off/sell it- get 1500 back.

LOW_XR wrote:meh idaf. pay 38k for a maloo. get payed out 48k
pay 31k for a f6 get payed out 34k

very moderate amounts of win there!

mad_keen wrote:

LOW_XR wrote:the most expensive is repairing your soul/pride once you buy a eseries.....

Your pretty funny ..

LOW_XR wrote:

mad_keen wrote:

LOW_XR wrote:the most expensive is repairing your soul/pride once you buy a eseries.....

Your pretty funny ..

lol, what is it with so many people taking you so seriously lately Dylan??

complete quadlight XR fronts are pretty expensive if you wanted to go all new, one side headlight assembly is around $600

From memory the DL LTD T-bar handle was expensive too. But not exactly a routine repair.

The key is not paying a mechanic hundreds or even thousands to do every job that comes up. It can work out cheaper to buy a much newer car on a loan in that case. Though it wouldn't have that E Series coolness factor.

Fukin ef/el front parker/blinker!

Still can't find one

Fukin ef/el front parker/blinker!

Still can't find one

I pay 15 new lol

I think you answered your own question Aaron...when you can buy a complete car for $500 - lets say $1000 for something like Ronza's NL Fairlane then you have most the bits you need!

Comes down to how keen you are to repair what lump of ES broken-ness you have compared to just buying a bit from a wrecker - ie decent condition T-bar handles out of EF / EL Ghias are $$$...then to find one in decent nick *grrr*.

Interiors are getting pretty ratty these days - good nick leather is hard to find that isn't heavily worn / torn. Anything mechanical just seems to get rebuilt (as you'd expect) - ie diffs, trans, motors and exterior stuff are a dime a dozen...just gotta spend to get it nice / sprayed the right colour. Chrome inserts in door mouldings and bumpers are hard to get, although I know Autobarn do similar replacement stuff for most door mouldings - front / rear bumpers not too sure though?

Leaves me to the question, how many unplayed with mint examples of any ES are there getting around today?

LOW_XR wrote:meh idaf. pay 38k for a maloo. get payed out 48k
pay 31k for a f6 get payed out 34k

pay 5k for a series- write it off/sell it- get 1500 back.

If you pay $500 for the E series like everyone else you can triple your money. 300% E series profit > 126% maloo profit > 110% F6 profit.

suspect wrote:Fukin ef/el front parker/blinker!

Still can't find one

Ummm...New from ford?

They wanted $300 + down here
Can go to hell for that

cable ties are expensive

EFFalcon wrote:cable ties are expensive

specially if they're what holds expensive parts of your car together

suspect wrote:They wanted $300 + down here
Can go to hell for that

Are you talkinh xr indicator?

Yeah. No wreaker in sa has one. And my Ford dealer said bout $300

EL GT interior pieces...

^^^ Yep, hardly anything available interior wise (other than Concorde steering wheels which everyone naturally sells as EL GT)...once upon a time (~10 years ago) I did know where EL GT seats and door trims were - guy wanted ~$2500 for them. Looking back, it might have been worthwhile now

suspect wrote:Yeah. No wreaker in sa has one. And my Ford dealer said bout $300

ebay dude...they go for about $150 a side (good condition ones).

FBT seats would be worth more than EL GT I reckon. Good condition FBT steering wheels are as rare as hens teeth and I've seen them hit $1000+ for a decent second hand one.

EL GT door trims with numbered badges... apparently Ford didn't make any spares...

what about EB GT seats? I have a set and have no idea whats there worth lol

ebay 0.99c no reserve and find out

Injected Windsor timing cover, Ford told me $1200+GST ...if they could find one...I subsequently ended up with 2 (wrecker/eBay) for under $250...go figure

I forked out 5 hundi for some DL LTD door trims recently about a 1/4 of me entire EF Fairmont value..but phuck they look nice