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Old 04-03-2005, 02:20 PM   #1
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Old 04-03-2005, 02:32 PM   #2
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i thought fairmont ghias only came from the factory in auto
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Old 04-03-2005, 02:44 PM   #3
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Although it's a nice clean looking car,the asking price is far too high.
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Old 04-03-2005, 02:44 PM   #4
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I know you could get Manual on EA GHIA's but EB/ED it wasnt available, maybe EB1?
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Old 04-03-2005, 03:15 PM   #5
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Although it's a nice clean looking car,the asking price is far too high.
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It's in $NZ, and Falcons cost more to start with over here.
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Old 04-03-2005, 03:38 PM   #6
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There were a couple of known factory manual Ghias.
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Old 04-03-2005, 03:47 PM   #7
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It looks like shit
Sorry. I have always hated Poly green with a GT bodykit. Black, Maroon, cobalt. JUST NOT POLY GREEN
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Old 04-03-2005, 04:26 PM   #8
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Old 04-03-2005, 05:05 PM   #9
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Id buy it, if they took $10,000 off the price.
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Old 04-03-2005, 07:33 PM   #10
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Sorry. I have always hated Poly green with a GT bodykit. Black, Maroon, cobalt. JUST NOT POLY GREEN
ditto....not a fan
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Old 04-03-2005, 08:18 PM   #11
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Nice car, isnt poly green the Dark green?
That colour is ghey, poly would look ok.
Oh drop the ride height, and the price.

Its an EB2, look at the windscreen cowl.
I have seen a couple of Ghia EB2, manuals.
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Old 04-03-2005, 08:20 PM   #12
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yeah poly green is the darker 1, and that'd be 1 of the good looking colors with the kit....

GT's come in the dark maroon, dark blue, and i THINK there was some EL Gt's in poly?
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Old 04-03-2005, 08:24 PM   #13
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EBGT's came in Blue Cardinal Red and Black.
ELGT's came in Heritage Green.
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nah, pretty sure it changed to Heritage Green by then Dez.
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but thats the dark dark green yeah
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This one is nicer.
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better car, better price as well....i'd take that 1 over that green thing anyday
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Old 04-03-2005, 09:14 PM   #20
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Buuuuut not by much.

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I know you could get Manual on EA GHIA's but EB/ED it wasnt available, maybe EB1?
THEY made fairmont ghias in manual up until the ED
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As others have said, it'd be a ripoff at half the price.
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Looks Reef Green to me, very similar to our Wagon. I thought that only came out on ED/EF though.
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No they didn't, they dropped it after EB1. Check the brochure scans.
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Rob i have seen an EBII Manual Ghia.
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Old 05-03-2005, 05:45 PM   #27
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Had a look at it today . its really rough inside. Its an EB1. silver buttons on the dash no abs etc. and its got a "K" on the plate so its a factory manual. but its looks better in the pics believe me.
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Old 06-03-2005, 09:39 AM   #28
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Had a look at it today . its really rough inside.
I thought all EA/B/D's were?
I had the chance to buy an ED XR8 last year with 180k on it for $5 k. A ****ing steal in NZ, but I didn't have the cash at the time, wouldn't you rather an XR8 than a Ghia? Especially for that price.

That thing looks like it belongs to a Maori anyway.
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