kingy

Hey all, it's soon coming time to upgrade the xr6 to something a little more modern. I'm looking toward an el fairmont. But I do like the look of the ghia. So i'm wondering, what were the differences. Off the top of my head I can think of leather, the woodgrains, chrome door handles, maybe the upgraded sound system.....can you guys think of anything else? Plus what do you think would be a good price on my car - full service history and 185,000k on the clock.

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FORD FALCON ED XR6
Polynesian Green with 5spd, Car Sound by Pioneer, everything else stock.
Coming Soon - Respray, Exhaust/Extractors and RUST REPAIR!

EFFalcon

EF II and EL Fairmont Ghia's got Tickford running gear (motor, diff) + the things u mentioned.

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1995 EF II Falcon GLi: Heritage Green, 4spd Auto, AUII 17" Rims, Custom BA Front Bar, Lowered, Gas Research LPG, Clear Indicators, JVC MP3 Headunit, Phoenix Gold 6.5" Splits, Coustic 481QE Amp, Clarion 12" sub, Leather Seats, Power Window Conversion, 3.45 LSD, Pacemaker Comp Extractors, 2.5" Exhaust, Mandrel Bent Intake, High Flow Filter, Wade 1004 110 cam.

In Progress: BA XR Side Skirts, BA XR Rear bar, BA Shifter Handle.

BOON250

plus the all important ghia crest even if it is only on the interior door trim

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Barefoot

I think if were going to upgrade maybe you should upgrade out of the E-series, as they are all very similar and the EL will really only add a little bit of refinement on top of the ED, and of course if you get the Ghia then a bit of luxury too....but maybe you would be better off with an AU ghia ?
Also I just sold my ED XR6 auto with no extras except cruise control for $7200 up here in Brisbane, had the same Mileage as yours. So I'd say you could get $8000 for yours. But I don't know the going prices down there.

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kingy

I like my e-series cars - not a big fan of the AU and not enough dosh to go the BA - so I'd like to go the EL ghia. I've always been a big fan of the ghia with the 16" tickfords, dumped down and the nice exhaust. It's just a matter of convincing myself to stretch the bank account that far.

Personally, I'd be looking around 9-10k for my car. With the sunroof, alarm, sound system and the reasonable k's I don't think it's pushing it (or is it??) I've seen some stock standard xr6s going for 8-9 and I'm hoping that all the extras would push it a little closer to 10.

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FORD FALCON ED XR6
Polynesian Green with 5spd, Car Sound by Pioneer, everything else stock.
Coming Soon - Respray, Exhaust/Extractors and RUST REPAIR!

Otsile

probably be a stretch to get the el ghia but there are a few ef II ghia for under 10k. Have a look at autotrader

Barefoot

well in that case the EL is the best car Ford built before the next model :D
If you can get somebody who wants a car with all the extras you've got then you will probably get a good price, but most people (including myself) can't warrant paying extra for something which I don't really need, so unless i was specifically looking for a car with sunroof, alarm and sound system then I wouldn't pay extra for it.

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Walkinshaw

Over the fairmont it had

XR motor + ECU(when in power mode)
LSD 3.45:1
Leather trim(seats door trims, wheel, hand break, shifter.
Chrome door handels+handbreak+shifter/surround
Woodgrain interior (on doors and arround shifter)
Nicer rims
Premium sound
XR suspension (i believe)

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Ill take it as a complement i think.............

outback_ute

& suspension that was half-way to XR spec. I think the EL got the LSD too. Barefoot, don't discount the EF/L dash & seat upgrades, they make a lot of difference I think.

Barefoot

I'm not discounting them at all, I just thought that the AU would be a more suitable upgrade, but there is no point buying something you don't like so the EL is the next best thing.

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