The Original MINT-8: EL Ghia V8

[MINT-8]

Hey guys,

I've been a member on here for many years now, and it has always been the case of CBF'ing putting my car up in this Showroom section... till now!

The ride is a 1998 EL Fairmont Ghia V8 with factory Tickford kit, and 3 Way Sunroof in Sparkling Burgandy.

Mods: 18" Quake Rims wrapped in Dunlop SP3000a tyres
Lovell sagged Ultra Low springs front and rear
Koni Adjustable Shocks in the rear
DBA Drilled/Slotted Rotters Front/Rear
EL GT Headers
2.5" Cat back exhaust
SS Intake
FBT Steering Wheel
New Cappa Leather
7" Sony DVD/TV Screen
2 Kicker 1500W Subs
Pioneer 260W 5 way speakers all round


Plans: 347 Stroker Conversion, T5 Manual Conversion, 3" Stainless Exhaust, EL GT Twin Piston Brake Upgrade, 19" BF GT-P rims, FBT Trim, Full Respray in
factory Sparkling Burgandy.

Eventually, i gave up the dream and decided too get a BF Super Pursuit.

BUT....

Somewhere along the way ended up with a brand new VE SS 6 speed Ute instead...



Heres some pics, hope you enjoy!

[jazza312]

haha my mate owns this car now... (member on here, no doubt he will pop in.) is pretty nice. best thing is sunroof.

[rhys]

sweet as, love the EL mate.

what made you go the VE over the Super pursuit? I always thought the FPV's had nicer interiors. dont know how the power compares though...

[EFFalcon]

Its a nice EL, had a decent note too.

although i'm far more used to hearing the scrubbing guards

[Eb Barbie]

Good to see the cars stayed around Seth.

[wolfblass]

MINT car mate, mines exactly the same but as bordeox purple and with 19s. What do you mean by a 3 way sunroof?, mine only pops up and rolls back?

[Kenaz]

Definitely a mint car!

Pics of the SS?

[dezza.89]

The car is now mine, and it is a awesome car. I'll have to get off my ass and do a build thread I think..
Since buying the car I have put 18" gtp's and 4.11's
and commando's vortech kit is know mine also hahaaha

[EFFalcon]

now thats what i call good news.
This car + Vortech will be awesome.

[josh_ef]

i have seen this around pakenham, fking nice car

all the right bits, i also saw plates today mint 8 on the monash lol

[MINT-8]

Yep that would have been me rushing too work in the uterus... LoL

[MINT-8]

There were a couple of reasons why I got the SS over the FPV... The SS was brand new for 36k compared too a Super Pursuit with 80,000 kms for the same price, was cheaper on insurence, and wasn't really keen on the leaf spring rear suspension...

[EFFalcon]

Why not an XR8?

[t1MMy]

There were a couple of reasons why I got the SS over the FPV... The SS was brand new for 36k compared too a Super Pursuit with 80,000 kms for the same price, was cheaper on insurence, and wasn't really keen on the leaf spring rear suspension...

36K is so cheap!!. I was looking at a car yard 2 nights ago same ute but in that new green and they had $41k + onroads.

Not interested in getting one, just curious on the prices of them.

[pHaT`eL]

Why not an XR8?

Still leaf spring

[stevo]

Beautiful car mate, used to see you around narre warren alot.
VE SS is a nice upgrade too

[MINT-8]

might be cos i live in Narre Warren Stevo... LoL

[SnyperEB]

Spotted the new Mint-8 at Sew Fine today not bad. Dumped and 22'z and you will be sweet!

[MINT-8]

Haha... cheers Snyper... I didnt realise it was you till after you went, seeing i havnt actuallt met you before..

[arm79]

So Sef... You got pics of MINT-8 that time you put it on its roof... The repairs came out awesome!

[MINT-8]

Yeah i know eyy, but i spose i regret that i didnt go with the idea of making it a convertible instead of fixing the roof...

[MINT-8]

I miss it now...

[arm79]

I remember how much effort went into collecting this car.

Driving all that way up and back, with a popped head gasket, in just over a day. Overheating... Speeding... And you still couldn't keep up with me.

[LOW-LTD]

Very nice...