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ELDanny's NL Fairlane

PostPosted: May 7th, 2011, 12:13 pm
by ELDanny
Hi all,

Thought I'd finally get around to putting some progress pics up of my Lane :)

Its a 98 NL in Alaskan Frost with Grey Leather.
Just my neat daily/cruiser so no megabucks getting spent on it, just bits here and there.

Carpoint pic
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Was a good drive up to Sydney to go pick it up, only had 185xxx on the clock.
Also took advantage of being in NSW on the drive home ;)
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Picked up some springs from Pete, rears got chucked in for free (cut ultras from the barbie car) which my mate conned me into chucking in.
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After (This is how it was at the Fountain Gate minimeet I came to)
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Got over the ride almost immediately so levelled it back out
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Then Came the Venetians
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And walls (note car is still jacked up getting the passenger side walled)
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And how it sits today
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Things left to do before i sink my coin into my falcon -
-Colour Code grandpa visor
-DL LTD wheels + whitewalls
-Side venetians (in progress-modified zk items)
-3.45 LSD for a bit of poke
-LTD Grille + BA Ghia bonnet strip to replace hood ornament

So thats it :) As new things come along i'll update this thread :)

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 7th, 2011, 2:31 pm
by TechXR
Looks very nice. I actually like the wheels with the walls on them. :D

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 7th, 2011, 4:22 pm
by jazza312
Looks good as. Love the long wheel bases...
Haha that pic on the highway with ur venetians my old man took on c4c...

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 7th, 2011, 4:25 pm
by krazyea
I love the look mate

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 7th, 2011, 7:55 pm
by ELDanny
jazza312 wrote:Looks good as. Love the long wheel bases...
Haha that pic on the highway with ur venetians my old man took on c4c...

Yeah Lwb ftw! Don't think I could ever go back now :P and haha tell him thanks! One of my face pics of my car :D

And thanks guys, always wanted walls and venetians, so when I get the dl wheels I'll be getting them walled too ;)

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 7th, 2011, 8:16 pm
by LUVSIT
looks good mate, and will be even better with my DL wheels on it :)

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 10th, 2011, 6:41 pm
by pHaT`eL
Love it mate, but you already know this! :P

This is the perfect grandpa cruiser.. well.. almost.

*cough*V8*cough*

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 1:16 am
by ELDanny
One day pete, one day :P

Have been keeping my eye on 5L fairlanes at auctions for a donor ;)

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 8:30 am
by DJV8T5
there is a very clean 5l na/c fairy (with sunroof) next to the glenburn servo, i was looking at it thinking it was a 6 but its a 5l...im looking for a 6 dont care about motor condition cos its my next project.

and ELDanny, your car looks sweet. nice work so far keep it up

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 9:38 am
by Eb Barbie
Not a big fan of NL's but love what you have done to it :grin: :good:

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 12th, 2011, 4:40 pm
by pHaT`eL
Get some updated pics up :P

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 16th, 2011, 5:52 pm
by ELDanny
Thanks everyone :) Yeah I'm probably going to buy an NL or NF wreck so I can get the ECU as well ;-)

And updated pics Pete ;) Visor is at panel shop getting sprayed at the mo, and havent had time to play with side venetians unfortunately :(

When I do those 2 I'll actually go out n get some proper pix :)

Nice shiny new wheels! When cash allows i'll be getting them whitewalled :)
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Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 16th, 2011, 6:03 pm
by LUVSIT
SEX!

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 16th, 2011, 7:41 pm
by SLO247
Very nice. :D

What you doing with the old wheels?

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 16th, 2011, 8:36 pm
by ELDanny
Thanks :) And SLO247 I'm keeping them, probs end up going on my falcon temporarily, then onto my boat trailer haha

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 16th, 2011, 8:48 pm
by KR1STO
Love the new rims man..!!

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 16th, 2011, 9:21 pm
by InfernalTyrant
Sooooo shiny :shock:

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 17th, 2011, 1:23 am
by EF ECTIV
looking the goods, nice work....

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 17th, 2011, 1:46 am
by NL_CONCORDE
Good to see you found a set :)
Coming up nicely

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: May 18th, 2011, 11:13 am
by SLO4LT
Niiiiice!! looks good danny! wheels definately suit it!

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 7th, 2011, 7:56 pm
by ELDanny
Only a small update, but a few touches i've wanted to do for a while :)

Replaced ghia hood ornament with badge (thanks Kyle). Since i want a DL Grille i think the badge will suit better than the ornament :)
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And a ZB badge for the rear to add to the old school look :)
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I'm working on side venetians at the moment, and when i get some cash for new tyres i'll get an inch whitewall :)

Cheers,
Danny

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 7th, 2011, 8:52 pm
by get_an_ea_today
I love the look of the fairlane badge. Neat car mate.

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 8th, 2011, 1:28 am
by ELDanny
Thanks heaps :)

Yeah I do like to keep it tidy, my pride and joy :D cant wait to own a car that has collectable value and look after that :cool:

But I was a bit nervous that the rear badge would look tacky when I first got it, but I think it really sets off the grandpa look of the car :good:

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 8th, 2011, 9:35 am
by pHaT`eL
LOVE IT :)

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 8th, 2011, 9:43 am
by EFFalcon
damn, i want some LTD wheels!

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 8th, 2011, 2:53 pm
by ELDanny
Haha yeah the LTD wheels come up mint :D and because its just one big polished surface theyre easy to clean :)

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 10th, 2011, 7:17 pm
by LUVSIT
that rear badge looks really good too, i never thort off doing sumpz like that :)

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 10th, 2011, 7:37 pm
by SLO247
The badge is original, nice. Its coming along very nicely, I like the Silver. Looks much nicer than my Blue one.

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 11th, 2011, 1:03 am
by ELDanny
SLO247 wrote:The badge is original, nice. Its coming along very nicely, I like the Silver. Looks much nicer than my Blue one.


Thanks :) yeah I actually came up with the idea at AFD! Was a few old fairy's around and i thought i'd suit the look I'm going for :) Its only take one as it doesnt sit proper as the panel is curved, but I have another one to do take 2 and do the double sided tape better ;)

And haha I'm very picky with colours! When my falcon got stolen i straight away wanted a fairlane but it had to be silver, was lucky that i found this one in a week ;) but i still love the blue though, my rents have one in the flagship navy blue :)

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 11th, 2011, 8:08 pm
by Kyle the ED4LTR
Ohhh man that badge idea is soo tempting, but I don't want to copy. Did you end up putting the bonnet badge on yet mate?, she's coming up real nice man! :drinks2:

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 14th, 2011, 8:41 pm
by ELDanny
Haha I wouldnt mind if you did it to yours, just feels good that people like one of my original ideas :) And yeah i did, there should be a pic in the same post with the front of the car :)

And ta :) Ugh bit of bad news though, i grabbed my LHF guard and it split the paint :cry: :cry: soo pretty much looks like ass and i need the panel resprayed! Will be patching up with some of that special clear contact crap so i can still drive it without it getting worse till i can afford to get the panel repainted.

-Danny

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: June 15th, 2011, 11:09 am
by Kyle the ED4LTR
ELDanny wrote:Haha I wouldnt mind if you did it to yours, just feels good that people like one of my original ideas :) And yeah i did, there should be a pic in the same post with the front of the car :)

And ta :) Ugh bit of bad news though, i grabbed my LHF guard and it split the paint :cry: :cry: soo pretty much looks like ass and i need the panel resprayed! Will be patching up with some of that special clear contact crap so i can still drive it without it getting worse till i can afford to get the panel repainted.

-Danny

Gah tunnel vision, I should have looked more carefully :oops: . She looks a treat man, sucks to hear about the guard though man, good luck with getting it sorted though :good:

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: July 21st, 2011, 7:07 pm
by ELDanny
Bit of an update, got the visor on and the side venetians finished :)

Not happy with the side venetians but they'll do for now.

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Cheers

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: July 21st, 2011, 7:11 pm
by pHaT`eL
Dude, they look awesome! I was pumped when I found them. Were they hard to fit on in the end?

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: July 21st, 2011, 7:12 pm
by InfernalTyrant
I think they'd look better if they were horizontal.

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: July 21st, 2011, 7:32 pm
by TechXR
^That's what I was thinking too, infact the first pic I had no idea they were side venetians.

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: July 21st, 2011, 8:30 pm
by EFFalcon
love the side profile shot.

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: July 21st, 2011, 9:53 pm
by YBHVE4
this gets better and better :good:

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: July 21st, 2011, 10:04 pm
by EF ECTIV
love the whole look... not completely sold on the side venetians but overall liking the
direction its taking.... :D

Re: ELDanny's grandpa machine

PostPosted: July 22nd, 2011, 2:15 pm
by SLO4LT
Looks great Danny! :)