My New Daily...........Rebirth!!!

by **SnyperEB** » January 30th, 2009, 4:50 pm

Picking this up tomorrow.

Its an EL Ghia, 5L. Has basic upgrades like explorer manifold and pacemaker extractors and lowered. Its the old KENAZ8.

Thinking I might put it on gas and give it a general clean should be a nice daily car.
This is obviously the reason why I am selling my White EB at the moment!

Shaun
SnyperEB

by **fordbaby** » January 30th, 2009, 4:55 pm

you just wanna be like us

by **EFFalcon** » January 30th, 2009, 5:02 pm

top car for the price!
keen to see if its still got the guts it used to.

by **Commando** » January 30th, 2009, 5:03 pm

Nice! KENAZ8 lives on!

by **Dezza** » January 30th, 2009, 8:47 pm

Nice! Looks like it needs a fair cleanup. Nowhere near the mintness it had when Ash owned it

by **SnyperEB** » January 30th, 2009, 8:55 pm

Oh it will get the tlc it needs to return it to its glory days.

by **private9** » January 30th, 2009, 8:56 pm

Nice daily mate, a quick tidy up will get that looking mint again!

by **markTD** » January 30th, 2009, 9:41 pm

Nice pick up Shaun. Good to see Kenaz8 back in the family. You better watch out, Ash might want to swap the XR Turbo for it

by **Mr. CVE** » January 30th, 2009, 11:28 pm

cool, bring it to the dyno in the morning, we can flush out the cobwebs !!

by **SnyperEB** » January 31st, 2009, 7:32 am

lol its pretty tempting but it has no rego lol.

by **fordbaby** » January 31st, 2009, 7:59 am

are you driving it back to yours when ya picked it up?
cause we dont have a car to tow it today

by **John_LS1** » January 31st, 2009, 8:02 am

good car mechanicly but it needs a fair bit of work body wise, much better then the EB shitter tho!

by **SnyperEB** » January 31st, 2009, 11:32 am

John_LS1 wrote:good car mechanicly but it needs a fair bit of work body wise, much better then the EB shitter tho!

Needs a little body work wise I wouldnt say it was major. Drives awesome I drove it home today and it sweet as. Just gotta lift it for the roadworthy cause it sits on its guts. But for the price I am not going to complain. $2,300.

by **Commando** » January 31st, 2009, 12:31 pm

$2,300.

by **SnyperEB** » January 31st, 2009, 3:13 pm

Commando wrote:
$2,300.

What?

by **fordbaby** » January 31st, 2009, 3:15 pm

i think he is meaning he is in shock you got it for that price

by **travs ea-xr6** » January 31st, 2009, 3:18 pm

nice pickup shaun,so ill be looking out for this now out front of your work when i drive past

by **SnyperEB** » January 31st, 2009, 3:19 pm

Oh ok no worries been at CVE today it needs an alternator probably sitting there for the last 6 months doing nothing has not helped it. So if anyone has a V8 alternator floating around give me a PM or a message on my phone and by the way kristy we are in for dinner tonight!!

by **travs ea-xr6** » January 31st, 2009, 3:22 pm

is there a difference between the v8 alternator and the 6cyl one :?:

ask kev (schmee) he will probly have one

by **SnyperEB** » January 31st, 2009, 3:25 pm

Yeah there is mate. Dont worry im learning all new stuff today too. Im used to 6cyl not an 8.

by **Mr. CVE** » January 31st, 2009, 3:27 pm

SnyperEB wrote:Yeah there is mate. Dont worry im learning all new stuff today too. Im used to 6cyl not an 8.

Yeah, I had to explain to shaun, there are 4 cylinders over here and 4 over there !!:P
just kidding !

by **fordbaby** » January 31st, 2009, 3:32 pm

haha i can just imagine.

are you going to re spray they car once fixed up the body of it?

by **SnyperEB** » January 31st, 2009, 5:14 pm

Ill do all the body work myself and just get it repaired by my mate. There is no real point respraying it as it doesnt any dints in it other than the front guard and the drivers side rear door which can easily be fixed. I wanna respray EBGLT if anything.

by **Sunboost** » January 31st, 2009, 5:31 pm

Good pick-up. Body was a bit farked and shit but can't complain for $2300, especially for the mods it comes with. I think Ash spent $1000 on the RW when he sold it, and another $1000 on servicing and getting brakes fixed not long before selling it. $2k right thurr

by **travs ea-xr6** » January 31st, 2009, 5:37 pm

what colour you want to paint ebglt shaun

by **UNEZED** » January 31st, 2009, 5:53 pm

good work mate
good to see the old beast is still around

by **Commando** » January 31st, 2009, 5:58 pm

Yeah, my shock face was due to the awesome purchase price. That's a hell of a lot of car for so little dollar. Not too many other luxo 14 second cars out there for $2300!

by **SnyperEB** » January 31st, 2009, 9:06 pm

Body wise the body is pretty good in my eyes. Not farked at all and the minor things that are wrong with it are pretty simple and easy to fix. With a bit of TLC and a good service im sure it will be a 14sec car again.

$2,300 was pretty awesome thats why I jumped at the opportunity when it arised as I knew a few people had looked at it in the past and said no because of the minor dints in it. Dont worry it will return to its former glory it deserves it, its still a beautiful car.

by **ORSMEB** » January 31st, 2009, 9:22 pm

Nice pickup mate...you should get the old plates off Ash for it!

by **John_LS1** » February 1st, 2009, 12:29 am

it aint no 14 second car no more

by **Mr. CVE** » February 1st, 2009, 8:55 am

John_LS1 wrote:it aint no 14 second car no more

We can fix that !! :lol:

Lot of expert opinions here !!
Just enjoy it,after all it is your daily.

by **SnyperEB** » February 1st, 2009, 9:03 am

John_LS1 wrote:it aint no 14 second car no more

lol ill show you it still is!! I think ill enjoy prooving people wrong. Definately considering some people on here are saying that it a piece of shit now. :twisted:

I will enjoy driving it for sure Paul.

by **EFFalcon** » February 1st, 2009, 12:07 pm

the main things i can think of that are wrong with the body are:

Front bar
Rear bar
Drivers side guard
drivers side rear 1/4 near tail light.

unless i missed something, thats not exactly 'shit condition'
front and rear bars are easy!

by **Mr. CVE** » February 1st, 2009, 12:25 pm

EFFalcon wrote:the main things i can think of that are wrong with the body are:

Front bar
Rear bar
Drivers side guard
drivers side rear 1/4 near tail light.

unless i missed something, thats not exactly 'shit condition'
front and rear bars are easy!

Yeah seen many cars in worse condition, didn't realise it was such a 'cult' car !! Shaun you should have got it autographed !!

by **fordbaby** » February 1st, 2009, 12:49 pm

ill sign the car for ya

i can even supply the purple for the pin stripping

by **Kenaz** » February 1st, 2009, 2:35 pm

It was really good to hear you bought it Shaun

Sundeep wrote:Good pick-up. Body was a bit farked and shit but can't complain for $2300, especially for the mods it comes with. I think Ash spent $1000 on the RW when he sold it, and another $1000 on servicing and getting brakes fixed not long before selling it. $2k right thurr

Yeah I spent a bit before selling it and lost a shit load of money, but oh well. I spent about $500 on new genuine headlights at one stage, thanks to Sunny's bargaining skills

The roady cost me 1k, extractors were about $800 installed, explorer manifold is from a XH II XR8 and that was about $900 including new gaskets and stuff. I put a new Powerbond harmonic balancer on about a year before selling. I serviced it every 5k and had the trans serviced every 12 months.

There's heaps of other things as well, so if you need to know anything Shaun just let me know

All the best with getting it on the road man, I'll come down and check it out one day soon

Cheers, Ash

by **pHaT`eL** » February 1st, 2009, 2:45 pm

Wish it still looked like that Ash.. So so mint!!

Good pickup Shaun

If the 5L goes missing, it may be me

Mark, its always been in the family, just not with the right brother to look after it

by **SnyperEB** » February 1st, 2009, 8:44 pm

Shouldnt be a problem getting it on the road just a few little things here and there to sort out. i.e Suspension cause it may as well be sitting on the bump stops!!

by **09SR5** » February 1st, 2009, 10:00 pm

Alternator isnt a big thing to fix. The difference between the 6 and 8 is the outer housing (mount points) Insides bits are common between both.

by **Sunboost** » February 1st, 2009, 10:44 pm

SnyperEB wrote:
John_LS1 wrote:it aint no 14 second car no more

lol ill show you it still is!! I think ill enjoy prooving people wrong. Definately considering some people on here are saying that it a piece of shit now.

I will enjoy driving it for sure Paul.

There's no escaping the fact that it's a shitbox Shaun! I bought SLOXR8 for $2200 as a minga project with a lot more mods but needing a little more work than KENAZ8. SLOXR8 was pretty much mint again within a couple of months, hope the same happens with this thing. Neglected cars being brought back to former glories (the word restoration fits but isn't really able to be associated with E-Series yet) is always something I've been keen on. Can't wait to see KENAZ8 mint again if it happens.. hope it doesn't end like >>>> viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3801&p=72450&hilit=snypereb+project#p72450 or viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1038&p=19654&hilit=zephyr#p19654

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