my new EL ghia

marty's xr · Post by **marty's xr** » October 3rd, 2009, 11:28 pm

Cool, thanx for that mate

hopefully my red walls will look as good as your white walls

Post by **pHaT`eL** » October 4th, 2009, 10:58 am

Wheels trims might be overkill I think. Theres not much more old style things you can do, except for a windscreen visor, lol..

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » October 4th, 2009, 2:39 pm

Lol! Well I am going for the granpa spec look and I remember way back in 92, my gramps bought a brand new eb2 fairmont with a factory visor. haha

Yeah maybe you are right.
If I can find some trims for next to nothing wouldn't mind seeing how it looks though.

slamedef · Post by **slamedef** » October 4th, 2009, 5:12 pm

pHaT`eL wrote:See this all the time down in Hastings. Absolutely LOVE it!! Although it reminds me too much of my old EL.

ive seen it a few time as well down hastings way looks awsome

david21 · Post by **david21** » October 5th, 2009, 5:09 pm

hey rory
just letting u no i got the smart lock remote working finaly lol
i had to reprogram it to the car
hows the el goin anyways??
catch

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » October 5th, 2009, 6:30 pm

david21,

Thats good man
Did you find why it needed reprogramming?
EL's going good but could do with a bit more power. lol! I'll just have to wait till i can afford the turbo kit

david21 · Post by **david21** » October 5th, 2009, 6:36 pm

narh i dnt no
i think coz it wasnt used for awhile n it just stopped n needed a reprogram
lol that would cost abit

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » October 5th, 2009, 6:42 pm

Seems weird!
Did you find out if both keys i gave you were for the car or did you just get the one working?
Yeah will probably cost what the car is worth to turbo it properly. ha! Going to look into it next year hopefully.

david21 · Post by **david21** » October 5th, 2009, 6:50 pm

ive made one of them to work n i tryed the other one but i think the other one is broken lol
the one with the white out works
yer true it will cost heaps lol
how big u goin to go??

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » October 5th, 2009, 6:59 pm

Oh well! at least you got the one working.
Just a dream at this stage. Nothing to serious, Would like to keep the driveline fairly stock to keep costs down. I'd keep it auto (and a 4speed) so not much more than 200rwkw's.
I also like the idea of having a tough NA motor but would never get the same power and would probably end up costing more to get really get it moving.

david21 · Post by **david21** » October 5th, 2009, 7:11 pm

yeer true
narh i wana convert mine to a manual so much more fun lol

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » October 5th, 2009, 7:51 pm

Manual would be sweet. I'll do that if the auto breaks soon or I go the NA route
For a turbo setup I'd most probably stay auto.

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » October 26th, 2009, 9:31 pm

Got bored so added some more pics

Keeping the whole grandpa style thing going with the whitewalls, venetians, hat on the hat shelf etc.
Just doing it for a bit of fun and i guess the idea is that when it's boosted it will be fairly unassuming.

Nothing exciting here.......yet!

braad · Post by **braad** » October 27th, 2009, 12:32 am

lmao! once turbo'd that would burn any ricer once they see the straw hat and venetians

all you need now is one of these http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Chic-Red-Rose-Ti ... 1e56937622

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » October 27th, 2009, 6:29 am

LOL....looking good mate. try and get a RSL parking sticker from somewhere and a sticker saying sometihng about lawn bowls, fishing or playing golf.

holstar_87 · Post by **holstar_87** » October 27th, 2009, 8:46 am

nice lookin ride bud... dude that sucks bad about the ef. Ive also seen you down in hastings. tidy looking ride mate. drop in to safeway and say hi to the red head butcher. always nice to know locals
peace.

braad · Post by **braad** » October 27th, 2009, 4:20 pm

what you need is a Rotary International sticker. Rotary as in the community charity club/organisation

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » October 27th, 2009, 7:44 pm

All great suggestions, especially the floral tissue box cover. lol!
I think the gramps look has got a little out of hand already so as much as I love the ideas I think the RSL and Rotary stickers might not be on the mod list.
Definately keen on some boost when my apprenticeship finishes in January. Can't wait to shock a few skyline and LS1 owners.

Post by **pHaT`eL** » October 28th, 2009, 3:48 pm

Ahh, all the things I planned for mine, lol!! You can get "I *heart* lawn bowls stickers, do itttttt

braad · Post by **braad** » November 2nd, 2009, 9:01 pm

seen a few of the "i *heart* Lawn Bowls" on V8 commodores. Especially VY/VZ Calais. Looks weird. It's almost like the modern day 'cops are tops' sticker

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 4th, 2009, 3:38 pm

You can actually get "I heart lawn bowls" stickers? I thought it was a joke.

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » November 5th, 2009, 8:14 am

how are the walls going mate?

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 5th, 2009, 9:11 pm

Walls are good! still loving them. Although I messed one up not long after I got the car by scraping a gutter. Got it redone straight away as I'd rather have none than patchy fucked ones.

braad · Post by **braad** » November 8th, 2009, 2:36 pm

ef6ghia wrote:You can actually get "I heart lawn bowls" stickers? I thought it was a joke.

havent seen on in real life, but i have seen a few pics of them on cars. Cars from Vic. I'll try and find a pic or two

braad · Post by **braad** » November 8th, 2009, 2:55 pm

L67 VX Calais

VZ Calais... not the best pic, but you can see it at the bottom of the rear screen

or ebay...
http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?_nkw=i+l ... &_osacat=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

YBHVE4 · Post by **YBHVE4** » November 9th, 2009, 11:58 am

yes...get one mate

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 9th, 2009, 3:14 pm

Due to popular demand I have just ordered my "I heart lawn bowls" stickers.
Cheers for the link Braad.
Those VX Calais are seriously cool. Big fan of the L67 ones too.

braad · Post by **braad** » November 9th, 2009, 5:44 pm

haha awesome! cant wait for pics of this when it goes on. If i could make my XR8 grandpa spec i would be doing what you are, looks ace.

VX Calais dumped on 19/20's look insanely classyhey, though personally Gen3 > L67, just coz i hate having to use PULP and im a sucker for a V8

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 24th, 2009, 5:04 pm

Yeah the LS motors are definately far superior but there is something cool about a quick six.
A mate had an L67 WH with FIT front mount adaptor, high ratio rockers, small pulley etc and it went really well.
Admittedly it used lots of BP ultimate and never sounded as tough as an 8.

The XR8's look great but definately not old manish like the Ghias

So I got the sticker

braad · Post by **braad** » November 24th, 2009, 8:28 pm

champion! haha that looks awesome!

So need to get a few of the other fairmont/lane guys to go grand-pa spec and you could make a club. i reckon a cruise of just grand-pa spec cars would look awesome lol. and of course you'd cruise to a (nice) RSL

yeah mate, XR8s definitely cant be done. Waste of time and money, there's really only one route with em and it aint goin old-man spec!

your mates statesman would've gone alright

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 25th, 2009, 10:59 am

Love the XR's a series 2 EL XR8 would be tops but I'd miss the leather and shit. I'm on my 3rd E series ghia now. Lol!
The cruise would be good fun. Would have to tie the RSL stop off in with bingo night.

Yeah the WH went really well. Made 200rwkw's which obviously an LS1 with next to nothing done to it would beat but it definately smashed a few stock VY SS's and similar.
I guess the near instant torque from the blower is really what got it moving.

Post by **pHaT`eL** » November 25th, 2009, 4:00 pm

Haha, awesome! Ive been looking at them for the wagon, but not sure if I could pull it off.

braad · Post by **braad** » November 26th, 2009, 4:03 pm

i wish i had a series 2 EL XR8. One popped up about 5 mins from my place less than 2 weeks after i bought mine. It had 130K on it, factory manual, and was genuinely owned and driven by an old fella, in immac condition. All for 2 more grand. I blew my top lol so annoyed! My series one will have to do

would you realllllllllly miss the leather? surely when summer comes around leather aint so cool. Still looks shit hot, but also ends up shit hot lol

I've been tempted by the Ghias, wouldnt mind a V8 ghia. But i guess optioned up 5L ghias are rare as eh

dungerxr · Post by **dungerxr** » November 26th, 2009, 7:13 pm

do you think i could get away with a lawn bowls sticker on a stock looking white xh? ps white walls turn me on, other halfs vs stato with white walled 19s looks cool

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 26th, 2009, 7:39 pm

Spewin! I think its best to never look at carsales (or similar) once you've bought a car. lol

Its more than just the leather I think. I've just always been into the luxo models over the sports ones. Whether it be a Calais over an SS or a G6E turbo over an F6.

The leather is OK in summer, the sheep skin seat covers on the other hand are pretty bad.

I do wish mine was a 5L. There are a few out there, but not like the fairlanes or LTD's where every 2nd one seems to be V8.

Do you have a showroom thread or anything for your car? Looks real neat in your little pic.

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 26th, 2009, 7:47 pm

dungerxr wrote:do you think i could get away with a lawn bowls sticker on a stock looking white xh? ps white walls turn me on, other halfs vs stato with white walled 19s looks cool

They cost about 4 bucks from ebay for two so you could stick one on yours and one on the Stato

If you get over them, pull them off.

The stato sounds nice by the way.

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 26th, 2009, 7:52 pm

pHaT`eL wrote:Haha, awesome! Ive been looking at them for the wagon, but not sure if I could pull it off.

Do it!

Love what you are doing with the wagon, it's come along way.
Will be keeping a look out for it.

dungerxr · Post by **dungerxr** » November 27th, 2009, 3:46 pm

i'll be doing that. the stato has vy gts wheels which arent exactly grandpa spec...

dungerxr · Post by **dungerxr** » November 27th, 2009, 4:20 pm

heres a pic of the stato

ef6ghia · Post by **ef6ghia** » November 27th, 2009, 5:30 pm

That looks mad. The VY GTS's really suit it.Seems like everyone puts VY Senators on em these days so it's refreshing to see something different.