BarMatt's AU Fairmont

[BarMatt]

Hello,

I have had my fair share of Fords, but there is one that I will never sell. I have had my ups and downs but the old Fairmont is a part of me!

I have rather long/extensive babble threads about the long drawn out progress of my AU, but figured it would be best to have some before/afters then can describe what my future plans at a later date.

Exterior
First few weeks of owning her


Wagga All Ford Day



Set back.. Rear ended by a motorbike


The repair



Post respray



At Mount Panaroma


New house – Needed a picture


My beloved 20’s were stolen at work… Jerks!


Replacements with bluewalls

[BarMatt]

Interior

After I added new wheels, wood grain, chrome door handles, etc.



The boot install


After I moved the battery to the boot



6x9’s fitted to the rear without cutting – Success!


Series III Ghia Interior (still haven’t finished this off..)

[BarMatt]

Engine bay

First mod – Power steering cover painted.. Wow it was an ugly engine bay back then!


Polished Rocker cover


Post Turbo attempt – New extractors, battery in boot, catch can, etc.


The new intake

[BarMatt]

Attempt 1 - Turbo install

Several years ago the old girl was turboed. Few errors in judgement and I decided to remove the setup and go NA (See the pics above).. Now I have a reliable daily, the turbo gear will go back on for good now but here are some pics of where I got up to.

Day 1 – Thinking what have I got myself into


Progress, looking a bit better


Dodgey setup to see if it ran.. It did!


Slightly better setup, drivable



The business end


Old trial fit photo


Cheers,
Matt

[Falc'man]

Superb!

[defective]

I love the t3 kits on the au's, just looks tough, and it really really pisses of the purists lol.

I always wanted to turbo my old one, and get some custom TS40T badges made up for it.

[BarMatt]

When I got this, I only just found out what a T Series was. I saw the price back in 2005 and had ZERO chance of getting one, so opted for the look-a-like.

If things go well in the build, I will be lowering it a bit more, getting some more subtle wheels, and removing the spoiler. After comparing my FG to my AU, I think subtle trumps flamboyant!

[BarMatt]

So here is a little about what has been done and what is planned.

Exterior

• TS50 Front Bar
• TS50 Side Skirts
• TS50 Rear Bar
• Hawk Wing
• Clear Side indicators
• 20" Advanti Alphas
• De-badged
• Full respray
• Tint

Interior

• BA Scuff Plates with “Ford” inserts
• Chrome Gear surround
• MOMO Steering wheel
• Black leather T-bar
• Chrome door handles
• Series III Ghia interior
• AU conol guage insert
• Speco boost gauge
• Autometer A/F ratio gauge

Sound System

• Fantom Face XL Head unit
• 6.5” AVI Splits up - front
• 6x9" Infinity Kappa series - rear
• Custom Fibreglass Boot install
• 2 x 12” Type R Subwoofers
• Alpine V12 AccuClass - D (990w)
• Alpine V-Power (350w)
• 12 Packets of Dynamat sound Deadener

Performance / Engine / Drivetrain

Current
• SL Springs
• Heavy duty shocks
• Whiteline lower trailing arms
• 30mm "Extra" heavy duty front sway bar
• KAAZ Diff
• 3.9 Ratio gears
• Adjustable electronic shift kit
• Davies Craig transmission cooler
• 180 degree thermostat
• Dev4 cam
• Alco 650cca battery relocated to boot with kill switch and jump starter point
• 3" Di Filippo intake
• SS Induction CAI

Planned
• Log manifold
• to4e Turbo
• External wastegate plumb back
• 3" dump pipe and 3" exhaust with high flow cat
• 100hp PWR intercooler
• Plumb back BOV
• custom intake with 4" K&N filter
• Monza catch can recirculated
• Vortech fuel regulator
• 42lb Ford Racing Green top injectors
• Bosch 044 fuel pump
• larger Davies Craig transmission cooler

[FTe217]

Well done mate - now now don't be nasty to us Elitists/Purists some of us are really really really good blokes
Good luck to you a mock up never bothers me we are all different thankfully, good with the hair dryer she must be a hand full of good fun in the wet.
The pic looking down with the bluewalls fitted looks great, hope you buy bits from Comerfords I know the bros well.

[BarMatt]

When I was looking at replacing my EB I had it narrowed down to a Series III TS50 or an FG G6E Turbo. It was a VERY hard choice, but not wanting to ruin a TS50 daily driving made me choose the FG, I think they deserve better than that

I will have one eventually, but I am really enjoying the G6E for now.

I do go to Comerfords a bit, but its in such a painful spot! If you tell them to move somewhere with less traffic I would go more.