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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:27 pm 
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Just wondering if anyone can post some pics of the interiors of EF Fairmont Ghias... I am interested in what the leather chairs look like....

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:20 pm 
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haven't you got the fairmont ghia interior in yours benn??

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:21 am 
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dats right...
but i am in the process of reconditioning the leather, and I am curious to see how much work I gotta do still...

Also I was wondering if their was a difference between the Fairmont Ghia leather and the Fairlane Ghia Leather...

I have seen alot of loose leather, and my is kinda tight....

 

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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:57 pm 
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dats right...
but i am in the process of reconditioning the leather, and I am curious to see how much work I gotta do still...

Also I was wondering if their was a difference between the Fairmont Ghia leather and the Fairlane Ghia Leather...
I have seen alot of loose leather, and my is kinda tight....


The leather is the same between the Fairlane and Fairmont, (2 colours, grey or tan)

The EFII and EL are different styles though. The EF had leather seats with Velour inserts, or Full leather seats in the series II. Series II just replaced the inserts with full leather leaving a different looking style thhan the EL.

EL are full leather with less seams.

Whether its "tight" or "runched" depends on how well its been looked after
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:41 pm 
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Whether its "tight" or "runched" depends on how well its been looked after


Any pics of a well looked after one? I figure what I got is the opposite end of that scale...

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:01 am 
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Whether its "tight" or "runched" depends on how well its been looked after


Any pics of a well looked after one? I figure what I got is the opposite end of that scale...


With thanks to the "Falcon Facts" website. (go to Google and enter "falcon Facts"

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:58 am 
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**** - That 2nd pic looks shocking!
Gawd damn :lol:

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:03 am 
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Is that EFII leather normal???
Dang if it is I gotta lot of work ahead of me....
I think I will aim for the EL version...

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:21 am 
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Wow the top one looks right out of a Ford promo bouchure.

What happened in the second one?
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:33 am 
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Wow the top one looks right out of a Ford promo bouchure.

What happened in the second one?


It is.
The bottom one is from an owners car, (the photo aint so good, sorry)

But I can confirm, having owned an EL ghia, (in Cappa no less) that the photo is a good representation of what the EL leather looks like.
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Bottom pic looks like my leather, mine a little bit tighter, but much the same, wear and tear my man. Especially you got a big fat person sitting in there.
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So that amount of 'bagginess' (EFII pic) in the leather is normal?

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 3:08 pm 
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So that amount of 'bagginess' (EFII pic) in the leather is normal?
On the inserts? Yes.
The velour inserts I've seen on all EFs and ELs are the same bagginess as well. They are either designed like that, (like the recent Calais, where the "runched" leather is part of the design... including the leather door inserts) or its poor quality leather and stitching.

I seem to recall going for a test drive in a very early (94) EF Ghia that had full luna mist leather with no inserts, that wasn't rumply, but can't be sure.
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 3:28 pm 
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Just looking at mine now, the sides arent that wrinkly, taut actually, and the inserts arent that wrinkly either, i use dubbin on mine, the clown who had it before me, used amourall, idiot.
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:43 pm 
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having owned an EL ghia, (in Cappa no less) that the photo is a good representation of what the EL leather looks like.

Agreed - your photo looks like a promo picture but danged if mine doesn't look exactly the same.

 

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