XE FAIRMONT GHIA

hi shayne here, just joined the forum. thought id join up to get involved with a bit of ford talk! this is my xe fairmont ghia, thinking of doing an esp replica,
( cant afford a real one! ) look forward to chattin to some other ford dudes!

before my final decision on the 20'' chromies!

was happy with the ghia wheels, but unlike usual women the wife hated them and said lets go shopping!

by **dannysebxr6** » August 1st, 2012, 8:49 pm

welcome Shayne,
awesome looking xe you have there.
is it a 6 or 8?
the chromies actually dont look to bad to me but the black ones look good to.
any mods as yet?

Cheers
Daniel

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 1st, 2012, 9:02 pm

yeah cheers! its a 351 with c4 auto, 3000 stall, straight gas ( prob convert it to petrol one day )

by **dannysebxr6** » August 1st, 2012, 9:05 pm

nice a v8 ftw.
sounds good.
i always loved the sound of a 351 driving past with the v8 burble.

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 1st, 2012, 9:44 pm

Nice mate. You get the manual put in or buy it with a manual? Yeah the xe sounds good thats for sure. It's got a nice cam too so sounds good on idle. Prob could go a bit harder, but that'll come with time!.....and money!

by **RYNSXR** » August 1st, 2012, 9:46 pm

looking good shayne, you will have to take me for a spin soon! and when the weather warms up again we will have to go for a cruise.... only problem is i dont know which car to bring! :scratch:

haha

by **ford_racing_8** » August 1st, 2012, 10:39 pm

Welcome, Awsome car.
I love XE ghias, especially with a 351. Have u done any work to the motor?
Still kicking myself for selling my XE.

by **BROCKYB8** » August 2nd, 2012, 9:53 am

Looks good mate . Like it alot .
makes me miss my xf

Well if you need some custom door trims i got some lol . :lol:

Wheels look good .

by **braad** » August 2nd, 2012, 4:42 pm

looks great mate. Perfect falcon, XE + 351c.

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 3rd, 2012, 10:59 pm

Hey thanks for the welcoming to the forum and interest in my xe to everyone!
Don't know everything about the engine mods, know it's got roller rockers and a cam,
just put a 3:45 diff in (it had a 2:77 ) full gas research- hi rise manafold, twin throttle bodies, cold air
( would prefer petrol tho, so maybe convert it back one day! ) twin 2.5 exhaust.
Only had it about 6 months, so look forward to our future together haha!

Ryan- yes, will have to take you for a spin before you move! Hope to go on a cruise soon

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 3rd, 2012, 11:06 pm

ford racing 8- Look forward to seeing some pictures of the xd one day, how far have you got so far?

brocky b8- Don't see many of those brocks around-good score, how long you had that?

braad- Love the EL XRs- fronts are so much nicer than the EFs ( in my opinion! ) always wanted one,
almost bought a 98 XH XR6 but just got a bermuda green XH falcon dumped on EB GT wheels
at that time. Liked it but definately woulda prefered an XR!

by **ford_racing_8** » August 4th, 2012, 12:54 am

ESPLEWIS wrote:ford racing 8- Look forward to seeing some pictures of the xd one day, how far have you got so far?

brocky b8- Don't see many of those brocks around-good score, how long you had that?

braad- Love the EL XRs- fronts are so much nicer than the EFs ( in my opinion! ) always wanted one,
almost bought a 98 XH XR6 but just got a bermuda green XH falcon dumped on EB GT wheels
at that time. Liked it but definately woulda prefered an XR!

Mine is still in primer, taking way to long. Motor is done, was supposed to pick it up ages ago but had the motor builder add/alter a few things so hopefully pick it up next week.

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 5th, 2012, 10:33 pm

Nice one! Will look out for you on the forum for future pics hopefully!
A lot of my mates love XDs, they seem to be the pick of the shape-
they used to be my favs of that shape too, but now I'm a big XE ghia fan,
have been for a while now. No disrespect to an XD tho- still love em!

by **RYNSXR** » August 6th, 2012, 8:19 am

yeah, i agree shane.. i like the xd's and they can look tuff with the right wheels, ride height and so on, but the xe ghia would be the pick of the xd xe xf cars for me.. the wider headlights and the whole front looks nice az.. but if i ever buy an old falcon/fairmont it will be an xa sedan, i love how fat they look !

by **BROCKYB8** » August 6th, 2012, 8:56 am

ESPLEWIS wrote:ford racing 8- Look forward to seeing some pictures of the xd one day, how far have you got so far?

brocky b8- Don't see many of those brocks around-good score, how long you had that?

braad- Love the EL XRs- fronts are so much nicer than the EFs ( in my opinion! ) always wanted one,
almost bought a 98 XH XR6 but just got a bermuda green XH falcon dumped on EB GT wheels
at that time. Liked it but definately woulda prefered an XR!

had the brock for about 10 years now .

Im about to do a clear out of all my stuff from xf you may want some

by **ford_racing_8** » August 6th, 2012, 9:36 am

ESPLEWIS wrote:Nice one! Will look out for you on the forum for future pics hopefully!
A lot of my mates love XDs, they seem to be the pick of the shape-
they used to be my favs of that shape too, but now I'm a big XE ghia fan,
have been for a while now. No disrespect to an XD tho- still love em!

Although I do love the XD shape, XE ghias are my favorite, I'm kind of kicking myself now but I sold the XD front and it now has a complete XE ghia front on it which looks good but its a mock. :cry:

I've got a small thread on my XD in the "build thread" section somewhere.

by **Ef_frmnt** » August 6th, 2012, 9:42 am

I've got XE Ghia front on my XD, it's the way to go I reckon looks a lot nicer.

by **RYNSXR** » August 6th, 2012, 6:27 pm

ford_racing_8 wrote:
ESPLEWIS wrote:Nice one! Will look out for you on the forum for future pics hopefully!
A lot of my mates love XDs, they seem to be the pick of the shape-
they used to be my favs of that shape too, but now I'm a big XE ghia fan,
have been for a while now. No disrespect to an XD tho- still love em!

Although I do love the XD shape, XE ghias are my favorite, I'm kind of kicking myself now but I sold the XD front and it now has a complete XE ghia front on it which looks good but its a mock.
I've got a small thread on my XD in the "build thread" section somewhere.

cool, mite have a look..

by **RYNSXR** » August 6th, 2012, 6:45 pm

Ef_frmnt wrote:I've got XE Ghia front on my XD, it's the way to go I reckon looks a lot nicer.

yeah plenty of people have done it.. ive seen a heap of these front and rear conversion's that guys have done to xd's.. seen a xd with zl/fe ltd front but the rear was still xd.. seen another xd at easternats one year that had zl/fe ltd front but had the ltd tail light's and bumper aswell.. looked awesome

by **JUSTXR8** » August 7th, 2012, 10:34 am

Nice ride mate i have 2 XEs a ghia and a very tough 51 ute i like them a lot :drinks2:

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 7th, 2012, 10:29 pm

Cheers! Yeah cool, got pics on the forum at all?

Gettin the ESP charcoal done next week woohoo! Got the body moulds sittin there
ready to go too, lookin forward to seein the finished product. Just gotta make sure
the dude gets all my door gaps spot on before he pulls out da spraygun! Was gunna
do the gaps myself but got no time or room! Extra shed coming for space real soon tho,
woohoo again! Us and our bloody car habits hey fellas.... and girls! :grin:

by **braad** » August 8th, 2012, 9:21 pm

should look good mate, make sure there are plenty of pics. Are you going for those black wheels?
you said earlier you might go back to petrol, is it dual fuel or straight LPG atm? i thought you could get these 351's really smoking on the bbq gas?

XE's would be one of my favourite falcons (along with XB & EL)

by **ford_racing_8** » August 8th, 2012, 9:35 pm

ESPLEWIS wrote:Gettin the ESP charcoal done next week woohoo! Got the body moulds sittin there
ready to go too, lookin forward to seein the finished product. Just gotta make sure
the dude gets all my door gaps spot on before he pulls out da spraygun! Was gunna
do the gaps myself but got no time or room! Extra shed coming for space real soon tho,
woohoo again! Us and our bloody car habits hey fellas.... and girls!

Are you going the 2 tone silver over charcoal or complete charcoal, both look great. ESP charcoal is an awesome color, my first XE was charcoal, always had people saying they loved the color. Looking forward to the final job.
Should startup a showroom or build thread on this thing.

by **RYNSXR** » August 9th, 2012, 8:41 am

ESPLEWIS wrote:Gettin the ESP charcoal done next week woohoo! Got the body moulds sittin there
ready to go too, lookin forward to seein the finished product. Just gotta make sure
the dude gets all my door gaps spot on before he pulls out da spraygun! Was gunna
do the gaps myself but got no time or room! Extra shed coming for space real soon tho,
woohoo again! Us and our bloody car habits hey fellas.... and girls!

haha so much for putting of the charcoal till the new shed was up.. oh well will look good once its done with those BRAND NEW moulds :good:

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 9th, 2012, 10:15 pm

braad wrote:should look good mate, make sure there are plenty of pics. Are you going for those black wheels?
you said earlier you might go back to petrol, is it dual fuel or straight LPG atm? i thought you could get these 351's really smoking on the bbq gas?

XE's would be one of my favourite falcons (along with XB & EL)

The black wheels were sittin there when I was deciding on wheels, but went with the chromies.
Had it in my head that I didnt want chrome, but saw these things n went "hell yeah!"
Got the chrome trim too so I think they go well with that. The black 20's were sick but no longer
made, so went against them. Loved them tho, was unsure if I made the right choice at the start!
The XE is straight gas too, think it could go a little harder, might just need a tune.

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 9th, 2012, 10:20 pm

ford_racing_8 wrote:
ESPLEWIS wrote:Gettin the ESP charcoal done next week woohoo! Got the body moulds sittin there
ready to go too, lookin forward to seein the finished product. Just gotta make sure
the dude gets all my door gaps spot on before he pulls out da spraygun! Was gunna
do the gaps myself but got no time or room! Extra shed coming for space real soon tho,
woohoo again! Us and our bloody car habits hey fellas.... and girls!

Are you going the 2 tone silver over charcoal or complete charcoal, both look great. ESP charcoal is an awesome color, my first XE was charcoal, always had people saying they loved the color. Looking forward to the final job.
Should startup a showroom or build thread on this thing.

Hey mate, yeah silver over charcoal. Would love an all charcoal XE but too much work I rekon. While I've got ya actually,
do you happen to know the charcoal paint code at all? Wanna make sure it's right! My panel guru rekons he's got it sussed,
but would like to make sure! And the sills below the doors are definately black aren't they? Cheers.
Yeah should start a build thread- still gettin my head around how is best to use this forum!

by **InfernalTyrant** » August 10th, 2012, 8:14 pm

Seen this around Shayne, always looks good and is a bit of a head turner.

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 10th, 2012, 9:22 pm

InfernalTyrant wrote:Seen this around Shayne, always looks good and is a bit of a head turner.

Haha, cool! You from the Gippsland area?

by **wikdas351** » August 11th, 2012, 10:01 am

Seen this in traralgon a few months ago.
Looked shit hot driving past.

by **wikdas351** » August 11th, 2012, 10:02 am

Seen this in traralgon a few months ago.
Looked shit hot driving past.

by **InfernalTyrant** » August 11th, 2012, 11:26 am

ESPLEWIS wrote:
InfernalTyrant wrote:Seen this around Shayne, always looks good and is a bit of a head turner.

Haha, cool! You from the Gippsland area?

Yeah Thorpy. I know your name because I work at an electrical wholesaler... not one you shop at though lmao

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 12th, 2012, 12:41 am

InfernalTyrant wrote:
ESPLEWIS wrote:
InfernalTyrant wrote:Seen this around Shayne, always looks good and is a bit of a head turner.

Haha, cool! You from the Gippsland area?

Yeah Thorpy. I know your name because I work at an electrical wholesaler... not one you shop at though lmao

Haha, pissa!

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 12th, 2012, 12:49 am

wikdas351 wrote:Seen this in traralgon a few months ago.
Looked shit hot driving past.

Haha, cheers! Needs a few things done, but these things take time hey!
Was that your XD that was stolen? There's some f#%kin lowlifes in this
world isn't there. Ya'd snap they're neck if u ever found who it was ay

by **wikdas351** » August 12th, 2012, 5:13 pm

Yeah it was mine.
Got another one now.
Click on the link under the pic, you may like that site.

by **RYNSXR** » August 12th, 2012, 7:46 pm

wikdas351 wrote:Yeah it was mine.
Got another one now.
Click on the link under the pic, you may like that site.

just had a look at the link, your new xd looks nice mate.. ive seen it before in morwell, very clean.. and yes, xfalcon looks to be a good forum, had a look last nite.. shame about your other xd getting pinched.. people that steal cars should be hung..

im pissed of that they dont have the easternats at sandown anymore it use to be a good weekend..

by **ESPLEWIS** » August 12th, 2012, 8:24 pm

wikdas351 wrote:Yeah it was mine.
Got another one now.
Click on the link under the pic, you may like that site.

Yeah I actually found u on that x falcon forum and saw ya new one- doin a good job of it.
Glad u didn't let some cock stop u from enjoyin your cars.

The forum looks good too mate

by **wikdas351** » August 16th, 2012, 5:59 pm

Cheers mate.
If you need any info for your ESP go to espghia.com

by **icachn** » September 8th, 2012, 1:01 am

love the dish on those 20 " chromies.

by **ESPLEWIS** » October 8th, 2012, 8:59 pm

icachn wrote:love the dish on those 20 " chromies.

Bit of a late response on my part, but yeah cheers! Wasn't sure if I wanted to go big or old school when wheel shopping. Didn't really want chrome I thought too, but got a fair bit of chrome trim, so thought yeah, they should look cool!

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