Boosted Falcon

After pulling the pin on my au fairlane I needed a new ride . Went to the auctions and in a moment of weakness, desperation and or blind stupidity ended up buying a vy commodore S, with the supercharged v6.

Clearly me and auctions don't mix, it turned out to be a bucket of the highest magnitude. Lost $1500 on it and sold it for parts a week later. Looked all right but.


So with that putting a hole in my car funds (me and the missus have an agreement my car addiction has to be self funded lol) I needed to find something cheap.

Dude round the corner from home has had this wagon for sale for $1300 for months, I've eyed it up a few times, but never thought seriously about it.

Went and looked, it's a genuine old car, few bumps and bruises and the paint is literally falling of it in flakes in places. But everything works except the heater so offered him $700 which he accepted, so I dropped a deposit on it and picked it up a few days later. (I had promised the missus no more cars until I had gotten rid of two lol)





Went through a rwc yesterday and it only needed a seatbelt to pass, so rego on payday and it's all go.

Not sure if il,just drive it yet, or do a few things to do it. There is a fairly cheap xr close to home for sale which I may grap for its lights and wheels. I like the look of an xr wagon.

It certainly drives a lot different to the fairlane.

One do the first things I wanna do it try and tidy it up a bit, so I figured I'd start with an easy removable piece first.



Had to come off anyway as one of the number plate lights had come adrift and was floating around illumination the inside of the tailgate.

Gave it a quick sand, and threw some plastic primer and rattle can white on it. Passes the 5 metre test anyway. Definitely tidies the rear up a bit.



Thinking of colour coding the centre piece in the grille next. Just a pain in the ass pulling the grill apart.

That's a good score. What's the inside like?

Heater actuator easy knocks $500 off the price. what a shit job that is. My white sedan el fairmont had the same issue when i bought it.

fezza wrote:Heater actuator easy knocks $500 off the price. what a shit job that is. My white sedan el fairmont had the same issue when i bought it.

Don't need a heater in Brisbane anyway, doesn't get cold enough. At works, that's all I care about.

Tufef, interior is pretty tidy, hasn't been a smokers car. No complaints. Some of the window switches are a bit lazy, so il pull them apart and give them a clean out.