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I used the chrome wheel arch mould as many others have. It was about $23 dollars to do the whole car.
 
Being that the product comes from Global trim it would be a good quality product.
 
If i was going a concours resto i would likely use it.

Lol, i had the exact same wood grain one in my xf till i replaced it with the exact same one you have in the xh.

Lol, i had the exact same wood grain one in my xf till i replaced it with the exact same one you have in the xh.

I think I like these wheels better -
 

 

I have an Autotecnica woodgrain wheel in me BnS basher
 

 

 
This is whats in the XD, smaller that the original wheel but i have a Momo one to put on after its re-covered
 
(Old pic, this is when i had in the XF) Its on old school SAAS one
 

 
My XH wheel, again an Autotecnica one
 

 

Ha, thanks mate but I doubt I ever will, I get too attached. Really entertaining the idea of find a coupe project, would be a long term one of course, at the moment, and I half sold the idea to the mrs by saying I could maybe sell the xf for half decent coin to help fund the coupe. But really I know I'd just keep both and struggle.

One of these, autoteknika I think
 

Cmon I thought you where about to offer me 15k for it.
 
Yeah I spose if it's going to someone you know is gonna give it the same love you do then it makes it a bit easier if the time comes.

Ha, thanks mate but I doubt I ever will, I get too attached. Really entertaining the idea of find a coupe project, would be a long term one of course, at the moment, and I half sold the idea to the mrs by saying I could maybe sell the xf for half decent coin to help fund the coupe. But really I know I'd just keep both and struggle.

You mean "Model A" or do you ozzies call it the "A Model"?
 
Bloody nice Model A regardless.

Your dad's a model?

Dream driveline right there

393 clevo with chi 2v's and a hydraulic roller, tremec tko 600 5 speed, 31 spline 9" with billet axles and a truetrack

Curvy or straight cars need different treatments. I say stay close to the factory look, and right for the period, maybe a bit thicker striping but same proportions.
 
Same goes for wheels. A set of globes look tough on anything up to XF but put them on an FG and it's wrong-town.
 
After all, the people that designed them are professionals.
 
The eye likes to see things in 1/3rds, just like in photography and painting. So break up the car into sections and apply the "third rule" and you're off to a good start.
 
Remember... Proportion is everything!

So the Volante Alloys wouldn't fit the disc brake rears properly..... interesting!
 
 
 
I and all the other OzFalcon members, THANK you...... oh great knowledgeable one
- keeper of the holy bibles....

I've been tossing up the idea of xe spac stipes on a xf for a while, the Orange and red goes well on the yellow too.
 

 

I've been tossing up the idea of xe spac stipes on a xf for a while, the Orange and red goes well on the yellow too.
 

 

I've been tossing up the idea of xe spac stipes on a xf for a while, the Orange and red goes well on the yellow too.
 

 

Rust in all the same places as an xseries really. Being a ghia is it vinyl roof? If its manual check the top trailing arm mounts on the body as they tear out.
 
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Rust will be your biggest thing to look for but like most cars the rust can be fixed
 
Check the boot floor pull out the spare as they rust in there
 
As stated above the top of guards and around the rear windscreen where the bootlid closes
 
Around the screens front and back roof gutters also
 
Sills get bad to but hey it can all be fixed
 
And yes you can have sex in one i also lost my virginity in one but it was a wagon so it was easier
 
And they are a lighter than a falcon with the same engine    

Check for rust where the rear lower control arms attach to the chassis. The pressing in the chassis rails overlaps and collects dirt/sand and rusts from the inside out, and is a critical structural point.
 
Sills can rot out, as do the tops of the front guards about 6" forward of the windscreen.
 
They don't stop or steer too well, particularly the sixes. They need stiff front springs and sway bar, and shocks to match. Go with nolathane (or similar) radius rod bushes.
 
They take a European 4-stud wheel pattern, same as Escort. Some Audi and SAAB wheels will definitely fit. Mine had 15" SAAB steelies.
 
If you plan to go manual, the shifter sits further forward than on a Falcon. They had a single rail that had a unique shift rail and extension housing.
 
Crossflow engines after '81 had no provision for the Cortina dipstick (near coil) so must be drilled to suit. They obviously use different sumps and oil pickups.
 
The heater box protrudes into the engine bay and comes close to the standard inlet manifold, limiting the choice of aftermarket ones you can fit in there.
 
They chew up starter motors as the solenoid sits right under the exhaust manifold, and the plastic solenoid cap cracks, and then no start. You can use a later starter with the solenoid mounted 90 degrees down but it hits on the firewall. I "clearanced" my firewall with a ball pein hammer.
 
TFs use completely different glass and doors all round, as the turret is actually 2" taller. Only the door skins are the same. The diffs are different too: TEs use 78 series, TFs used pissy 65 series, like a Sigma.
 
Being a 4-link rear, like a Torana or HQ, the top rear arms are angled so they move through opposing arcs and fight each other, chopping out the bushes in the diff housing, which are press-in jobbies. A shit design and an even shitter job to change them.
 
A limo diff is advisable, but will need an engineer's cert as they never came factory with them.
 
They are quite difficult, but not entirely impossible to have sex in. I lost my virginity on the front seat of mine. Yes it's important.
 
Overall, they're a pretty strong, well-built car that can take a flogging. They have plenty of character and put a big smile on your face. I miss my TF dearly to this day, and it's been 7 years.