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For some reason I bought another E-series...

Its a Series 1 EF Ghia and im sure some people know the car. Only reason I bought it is because it has a sunroof and a body kit and also needed another cheap car because the ED is sold. It needed a good clean up as it was pretty filthy inside, gave it a quick going over and its come up alright but still needs a bit of work. just need to get a roadworthy before i can start driving it around. the car it self drives pretty well, clutch is heavy tho which could be an issue as the car is for my Girlfriend to drive, might have to convert back to auto...

all ive done to it so far is replace the carpeted kick panels as the old ones were stuffed, fitted a EL Ghia number plate surround and also fitted the woodgrain spear on the dash. It also had chrome sill moulds but i took them off as i didnt like them and made the interior look messy. Ive got a EL tickford cluster to put in it and thats about as far as ill go with modding it, only other thing ill do is put my stereo in it. I recently bought some T3 wheels off sunnyto so ill chuck those on for cruises.

Ive already fixed a few issue's it had like the airbag light coming on and also the shifter was sloppy so i fixed it up and its now 10 times better to shift. also fitted the rubber boot that bolts to the floor so no more road noise yay! going to try and sand/polish the headlights myself as theve gone yellow. if that fails ill buy aftermarket ones.

The good bits:

Sunroof
Full EL Tickford kit
Pedders suspension
Manual Conversion
3.45 LSD
Pacemakers (low end version)
2.5 cat back
Steel 3 inch induction pipe
Concorde leather trim in good condition
EL GT steering wheel
Cornering lamps
Some wade cam, cant remember
K&N Filter
16 inch FTR's
+ other minor crap

Pics:

thats looks really good! nice pick up! get some pics with th T3's on.

not bad
looks pretty neat should look good with the T3s on it .
I want a sunroof

I'd take the spoiler off.
Otherwise sweet as, sunroof FTW

nice interior... looks familiar

Awesome!

Try changing the clutch cable before tossing the manual. Can make a huge difference.

or check the firewall for checks, but i assume u woulda done that already

that looks cool.

dump it on stockies already man you used to be cool!hahaha should look sweet on the t series rims man but needs lowerage a bit more just get ultras

BTW! they are not FTRs they are el xr6-xr8 rims.... ftrs are the aftermarket copies i just thought id let you know in case you were unsure or confused.

Looks the goods, both inside and out. I think it'd look worse without the spolier... but its only a few bolts to find out.
Dont go back to auto!! just make the gf go to the gym and beef up her legs

Is that Mash85 from fordmods old ride? It was immac when he owned it. I guess the other owner just thrashed it.

The other owner was Tim2x I think.

- spoiler
- ride height
+ T3's

mooseman wrote:Is that Mash85 from fordmods old ride? It was immac when he owned it. I guess the other owner just thrashed it.

Marshal did own it for a while yep

love that interior mate.... Im hoping for a similar look in my turbo.... sunroof is pretty
sweet too.... Should look awesome with the T3 rims

Sundeep wrote:The other owner was Tim2x I think.

- spoiler
- ride height
+ T3's

Yer i forgot to add **** that spoiler off!

Nice pick up john I like!

mooseman wrote:I guess the other owner just thrashed it.

How can you tell?!

the other owner just never cleaned it very well and has definetly added a few paint imperfections here and there from what i remember it being like. lowering etc will be done when its got its RWC and in my name.

JohnnyZ - Ya need to change ya avatar!

No he doesn't!
He needs to keep his eye on the prize, all these E-Series are just stepping stones along the way, right Johnny??

Oh and JZ, hoops cnt?

Steady the MARTYR! wrote:No he doesn't!
He needs to keep his eye on the prize, all these E-Series are just stepping stones along the way, right Johnny??

Oh and JZ, hoops cnt?

thats it, im working my way back tinto an LS1...hoops when the car is in my name and Roadworthy

YAAAAAAY!!!!!

Steady the MARTYR! wrote:YAAAAAAY!!!!!

+1 for hoops and +2 for leaving a NICE car as ur avatar!

Tidy lookin ride man!! Keep it! SIK4L Mk2?

tidy care mate,

nice steering wheel. off a fairlane concord yeah ?

my mum had a 98 concord. nice car.

pHaT`eL wrote:Tidy lookin ride man!! Keep it! SIK4L Mk2?

Ey ey ey i had sik4L he is only allowed to call it that if he gets a better colour and an el!

SLOLS1 wrote:

pHaT`eL wrote:Tidy lookin ride man!! Keep it! SIK4L Mk2?

Ey ey ey i had sik4L he is only allowed to call it that if he gets a better colour and an el!

I know, I know, but its got a pretty good base to make one. Or he could just give me the Tickykit and I can make one? haha..

John will sell anything off his cars lol im sure he wont mind getting around with no kit lol

Looks pretty neat, how much did it set you back

Looks the goods. See so many examples around just rotting away with rust/scrapes/shit/cobwebs. Nice to see more respectable ELs popping up.

Bipolar wrote:Looks the goods. See so many examples around just rotting away with rust/scrapes/shit/cobwebs. Nice to see more respectable ELs popping up.

its an ef

yeah its EF. wont be selling bits off this one unless i happen to stack it

minor update, fixed up fair few missing/broken things, changed the accessory belt as the old one was cracked, sanded and buffed the headlights so they're not yellow anymore, fixed the wiring on the corner lamps because who ever put them in just wraped wire onto the connection :S.

few other obvious things which still need doing before i take it in for a roadworthy then ill see what else they pick on.

majors are 2 tyres for the front, re-do the battery connections as they look dodgy and a brake switch because the brake lights dont work when the pedal is pressed.

You sound like you're caning through it and being as fussy as me Johnny! Should be good when it's up to your standards.

ive only got 2 weeks to do it so i kind of have to lol...ive only spent a bit over $100 on it so far fixing all the little things and adding couple extras. its amazing when there is heaps of little things wrong with a car it can make it feel like such a shit box. its alot better now though.

I remember that car as well
before mash some other dude from Fordmods owned it
he fitted a Wade 1636 to it and really looked after it beofe mash got it and added all his bits to it
cant think of the guys name though

HANG ON WAIT A MINUTE THAT WAS ME

nice pick up Johnny

Nice buy John.













Needs Boost!

John this car is awesome i really really like it better then the f6 thats for sure

Steady the MARTYR! wrote:John this car is awesome i really really like it better then the f6 thats for sure

Im never going to talk to you again jarred!!


Oh and top car johnnyZ... has nothing on EDGHIA but.....

John_LS1 wrote:ive only got 2 weeks to do it so i kind of have to lol...ive only spent a bit over $100 on it so far fixing all the little things and adding couple extras. its amazing when there is heaps of little things wrong with a car it can make it feel like such a shit box. its alot better now though.

Yeah that's how my EL Ghia was! I bought it with heaps of small things wrong with it but when you add them all up it seems like a big shitter. But I knew they were all fixable so just bought it because it had the 2 main things I wanted - LPG and V8!

Finally got around to doing 2 more little things yesterday, the coolant bottle and a new level switch for it. No more warning lights on the dash ftw