Boosted Falcon

Hi All,

Just wondering who knows this car personally:

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I'm interested in it, but I just don't know whether or not the price is realistic. Not too many turbo falcons pop up for sale, so I'm finding it a bit hard to guage whether the price is ok.

I do have an idea of how much a car like this would cost to build yourself, and while mechanically and interior wise it's exactly as I'd imagined, basically the body is nowhere near as good as the photos indicate and I'm struggling with the concept of forking out 7.5k on an EB which then needs a complete respray.

Any feedback or opinions are much appreciated.

Thanks,

Justin.

from what I can recall, you'd be looking at more than that to get the bits that are in it to put in a car with a better body, so even if you just use it for donor interior and mechanical parts that price is probably a win - from what i've seen of it, the setup was well done and fairly clean...

SNR wrote:from what I can recall, you'd be looking at more than that to get the bits that are in it to put in a car with a better body, so even if you just use it for donor interior and mechanical parts that price is probably a win - from what i've seen of it, the setup was well done and fairly clean...

Yeah, definitely mechanicals would've cost far more than the asking price, and everything has been done very neatly and with quality parts.

I wasn't expecting it to be immaculate, but it needs the roof resprayed, and both back doors have some fairly big scuffs so they need to be beaten and spayed as well. The rest of the body is ok and in the sort of condition you'd expect a 14 year old car to be in. The interior needs to be done, but I was expecting that, and that's easy as.

I'm probably just being a tight arse, but I just wouldn't mind some second opinions on the car.

Dansedgli wrote:I reckon it would be worth it.

The work is already done but wont you need to put it back to stock to get a RWC? That might be too much like hard work.

Break it down into what the parts cost and go from there. Its around $2500 to get a wolf installed, he has $500 worth of injectors, $4k snort kit, T5, nice piping, AU motor etc.

Its close to what you could build one for but you dont have to build it.

Thanks for the advice Dan. Yeah, they're pretty much the sums I did and it's clearly obvious that much more has been spent than the asking price - but as we all know with modified cars, mods don't always equate to resale. Probably a little different in this case though, where it's pretty unique on the used car market. I don't have the time and space to build something like this myself, so it's a good way to get myself back into a quick car.

I guess the other way to look at it is to price it up against other cars of similar performace in the same price range - which to me equals a reasonably rough/stock VLT and not much else.

I only remember this car when tristan had it so no idea whats happened to it since, but when tristan had it it was decent and an awesome drive, yea a few body dints etc but it looked very mint when cleaned up if someone just tidied up the roof and door dint would be quite awesome.

SLOLS1 wrote:I only remember this car when tristan had it so no idea whats happened to it since, but when tristan had it it was decent and an awesome drive, yea a few body dints etc but it looked very mint when cleaned up if someone just tidied up the roof and door dint would be quite awesome.

Thanks mate, yeah, nice drive and goes okay. Would be quite nice with the body cleaned up. You can tell that it's been through a few owners, it's had a bit of silliness done such as the strip in the body moulds painted white with what looks like a brush, painted rocker cover, and a bit of body damage. It also has a few tune related issues, but nothing too bad.

It's got alot of potential though and it'd make a nice daily for me.

yea i know this car, josh (EBOOST) is my best mate, he lives like 2 mins from me lol

ive been in this car many times, and its such a sweet ride.

I reckon its worth it honestly, if i had the money i would of already bought it.

Grechie wrote:yea i know this car, josh (EBOOST) is my best mate, he lives like 2 mins from me lol

ive been in this car many times, and its such a sweet ride.

I reckon its worth it honestly, if i had the money i would of already bought it.

Thanks Grechie. BTW, I was in Werribee last night, spewin I didn't take you up on your offer of holding the wheels for me!

well as u no i am the owner and i put it down for $7500 cozi think its worth that people are forgetting eb's arent new anymore they are 14years old of course its gonna have some dints and well the roof was a bit of a dickhead throwing an egg at it but i washed it and its pretty dam clean wen u look at it.
and if its not sold soonish then it will be wrecked unfortunately.
cheers josh.

EBOOST wrote:well as u no i am the owner and i put it down for $7500 cozi think its worth that people are forgetting eb's arent new anymore they are 14years old of course its gonna have some dints and well the roof was a bit of a dickhead throwing an egg at it but i washed it and its pretty dam clean wen u look at it.
and if its not sold soonish then it will be wrecked unfortunately.
cheers josh.

Yeah, you're right Josh, i need to harden the f**k up and stop being such a pussy.

Thanks for your advice everyone, was very helpful.

Soooooooo, did you buy it ?

needfordspeed wrote:Soooooooo, did you buy it ?

Yep, put a deposit on it that night, and finally picked it up today!

BUY IT.I can remember when it was for sale in AFF.I think he wanted 10 or 9 for it which wasn't to bad considering what had been done.It took a while to sell it though.7500 is a bargin in my books nothing really to do.Turn key.Body you can worry about later.Its not like its full of rust.

lukey039 wrote:BUY IT.I can remember when it was for sale in AFF.I think he wanted 10 or 9 for it which wasn't to bad considering what had been done.It took a while to sell it though.7500 is a bargin in my books nothing really to do.Turn key.Body you can worry about later.Its not like its full of rust.

I did^^^

Sorry should have read more then just deposit.Late night and too many drinks maybe should go to bed?

lukey039 wrote:Sorry should have read more then just deposit.Late night and too many drinks maybe should go to bed?

Hehe, no worries. Bed sounds good, but I fell asleep and had a grandpa nap before and now can't sleep. Thank god for this place!

Hey well well it has seen a few sets of hands my old beast, and yes i wish i still owned it. miss the boost and the fun of the car.
Enjoy it mate !! you got a damn good deal for that car i hate to try and work out how much i spent on that. not much was left from standard i thik maybee the only things are the paint pannels and t5 diff. yeah thats about it.

Tristan

ORSM54 wrote:Hey well well it has seen a few sets of hands my old beast, and yes i wish i still owned it. miss the boost and the fun of the car.
Enjoy it mate !! you got a damn good deal for that car i hate to try and work out how much i spent on that. not much was left from standard i thik maybee the only things are the paint pannels and t5 diff. yeah thats about it.

Tristan

Thanks Tristan! I'll try to hold onto this one for a while, you can tell you've put some money into it, that's for sure.

- And thanks again for all your advice leading up to the purchase, much appreciated.