Boosted Falcon

Well the time came to grab myself a tidy daily driver. Had the need for 4 doors, so Marty took the Courier off me and i went on the hunt for a nice E-series. Only wanting an EF-EL and the necessary requirements were 5.0L engine,(Of course!!!) and had to have either factory Tickford Body kit and/or Factory fitted Sunroof.
With the last two things on baord it made things difficult. Had a look at a couple of EL XR8's but to no avail. I wasnt fussed about driveline spec/condition as thats my forte, i can take care of that, but paint, interior and body had to be mint, or damn close to. So with the EL XR8's ticking some of the boxes for requirements, unfortunately the body/paint/interiors failed the inspection.

Then i came across this '96 EL Fairmont Ghia.
Looked at it last night and left with it in my posession an hour later.

It was a 5.0L, it had the factory Sunroof and the paint was mint, so i had to have it.

Its got all the Ghia luxuries of course, like Leather (half velour), Chrome, Woodgrain, Climate Control etc.

Stock motor with just a single 2.5" exhaust.
179,000kms
1 Year old duel fuel system. Will keep it on untill a drop a new engine into it.
Lowered on Dobinsons springs and shortened shocks.
Limo tint.
EL Momo option Steering Wheel.
18" ANZ Mayhems. Which are for sale, love dish but cant stand chrome wheels on my cars.
Full stereo with all Alpine gear including head unit, splits, 2 4ch amps and 2 Rockford 10" Subs.
Autowatch alarm with microwave sensors etc. Also wired up, so when armed closes all open windows and sunroof!!!

Not going to get carried away with this one like the ute. So plans are, to firstly get two new tyres on my Dark Argent copies and get them on, then go right over the car with a major service. Get rid of the Rockford 10's and put my 2 x Type-S 12's in and ditch one 4ch amp and fit my 4ch Alpine PDX. Throw some clearside repeaters on it then just drive it for a while.
Untill cash allows, then i'll hunt down an AU 220kw motor, fit that, 2500-2800 stall, tight BTR, and 3.9 gears with fresh LSD, and obviously all the other bits that come with it, exhaust, intake and decent ignition etc.

Anyway, i suck at writing build threads now, can only update them, so heres some pics.

Before i bought it, pics from advertisement.









Now back at my house.

Nice pickup Jeff, looks mint. Should be fucking mint with a decent intake and cam

Thanks mate.
Yeah, like i said, plan is for AU 220kw motor, such a good factory motor and still give that daily street friendly manners with good get up and go. That motor, mated to a tight BTR with mild stall and 3.9's should hopefully see the boat do 13's.

This thing was for sale for ages, and I would have been all over it if it wasn't 11ty kms away! Nice work mate, long live the old Wheezer!!

hahah, already with the plans to upgrade
the 220 motor will be nice though!

EFFalcon wrote:hahah, already with the plans to upgrade
the 220 motor will be nice though!

Cant help myself mate, haha.

nice work jeff... Should look the goods on dark argents....

Looks neat,Sits nice aswell!
Dark argents will look great imo.
Not much boot room for a daily

ClassicAU wrote:This thing was for sale for ages, and I would have been all over it if it wasn't 11ty kms away! Nice work mate, long live the old Wheezer!!

same here, seems such a good package im surprised it took so long to sell.

looks good man, don't want to put a vortech on this one?

Its gona end up with one I reckon Jared, lol.. You WA people have too much money, chop some out to the Eastsiders

Looks good mate!

Geez I miss my EL Ghia 5.0

You need to ditch the GLi/Futura tail lights

Looks very nice mate, love the 50/50 trim in the EL Ghias! Any idea why it's got low spec taillights?

looks great/ its about time this sold. i think im like evry1 else, i would have considered it if it were in vic.
i'm very interested in au 220 transplant. keep us posted if ya do it. wouldnt mind doing the same to the nc as what you have listed there.

EF ECTIV wrote:nice work jeff... Should look the goods on dark argents....

I reckon it will mate

Michael (HYPOEB) wrote:Not much boot room for a daily

What kind of single man needs boot room

Steady wrote:looks good man, don't want to put a vortech on this one?

Jared, i'd love to

pHaT`eL wrote:Its gona end up with one I reckon Jared, lol.. You WA people have too much money, chop some out to the Eastsiders

Haha, us westerners just know how to waste our money

Kenaz wrote:Looks good mate!

Geez I miss my EL Ghia 5.0

You need to ditch the GLi/Futura tail lights

Cheers bud!
Yeah will be getting the correct taillights ASAP!!

private9 wrote:Looks very nice mate, love the 50/50 trim in the EL Ghias! Any idea why it's got low spec taillights?

Yeah apparently the half leather half velour was actually quite rare in these, is that right?
Not sure why the taillights have been swapped, but will get rectified.

jazza312 wrote:looks great/ its about time this sold. i think im like evry1 else, i would have considered it if it were in vic.
i'm very interested in au 220 transplant. keep us posted if ya do it. wouldnt mind doing the same to the nc as what you have listed there.

No probs mate. They are an easy swap. Have done a few AU motors into e-series now, definately a worthwhile upgrade, providing you pick up the AU motor at the right price.

the half leather half velour is very rare, i think leather was the standard and you had to de-spec to get the half/half option.
which i think was opposite to EF.

Kenaz wrote:Geez I miss my EL Ghia 5.0

You can buy it back If you like Ash...............Maybe.

KENAZ8, the mintest of all EL ghias.. once upon a time

Crap quality pics i quickly took before. Will get some better ones once i've washed her for the first time.

much better. i didnt like those wheels that were on it before.

keeping it gas?
if so please remove the maf right now.

biggest intake restriction. and the gas system doesnt need a maf to run (have tested this on bumbers gas v8)

Holmsy, he's ripping this engine out and putting in an AU 220 motor. No gas!
He's from WA so they grow money trees over there.

Yeah the gas system will just stay as it is untill i get the cash and am in the position to drop an AU 220 motor into it, at that point the duel fuel will be ditched and she'll be running back on petrol only.

looks damn nice. good work

*EDIT* ....coz im a TWAT!! haha

Wrong thread Jeff! nice progress though!

Found a nice backdrop so i thought i'd quickly snap a couple pics.

Still havent had chance to go over this car yet. Gathered a few bits for it though.
Proper Fairmont Taillights.
Clear side repeaters.
Shift Kits Aus shift kit.
Single Din radio surround
Magnafow muffler
Trans Cooler
Another trans
And i think thats it so far.

looking damn nice.. can i have your doubel din surround? lol. there was no surrounds at all in any of the 15 odd cars at the wreckers..

Sure can mate, you pay for postage and i'll send it over.

sending PM

Looks tough with the dark agents on it, like the sound of your plans too, should be a nice daily.