Ford Fairmont Ghia (Australia)

**jimmyc** · 10-11-2006, 07:57 PM

I thought why not show you guys from overseas what Us Aussies get upto.

Car Spec:

2003 Ford Fairmont Ghia
3-Valve Triton V8 with Varible Cam Timing 300HP
4 Speed Australia BTR Automatic
17in Sports Wheels and Tyres
Full Leather, Power Windows
Colour Factory Display for Climate Control and HVAC

Carputa Specs:

P4 1.6 Ghz
1GB DDR Ram
DVD-RW Drive
Ultimarc ATI VGA
80GB HDD
350w PSU
12V-240V 400W Inverter
Customised VGA to Factory Screen Cable
Customised Audio Amplifier from Computer to Factory Aux audio
Remote Power and Reset Switch
Wireless KB and Mouse
WinAMP
Windows XP
PowerDVD
Wireless via USB Dongle

Pictures:

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Thanks to Panda for his efforts as well

any questions fire away

**AznRida** · 10-11-2006, 08:29 PM

Nice work. Interesting car as well. heh. Anyway, so you should put up some more pictures other than just the general things. Like carputer mounted, a far away shot of dash and any other work you did. Looks good though!

**jimmyc** · 10-11-2006, 09:19 PM

Will Do when I get my N70 Phone back from warranty. Without a camera ATM !!.

The interesting thing is. There is a lot more work involved then when you first plan this out.

**AznRida** · 10-12-2006, 04:57 AM

haha Not for me man. When I started I also did like 4 other projects in the process including a dual battery trunk mount, rear custom dash, redoing seats, and redoing wiring. That's why it's been taking me forever. heh.

**vxcarpc** · 10-13-2006, 03:19 AM

Cool. Pitty it's not a Holden.. hehe.. But you did a good job in the install.

**tja** · 10-13-2006, 06:33 AM

looks really nice.. can you switch inputs to the factory screen to bring back the A/C controls?

dont listen to them ford haters.. just jealous 'bout bathurst. what was it? Ford 1st and 3rd?

**tominated** · 10-13-2006, 06:50 AM

a holden would have been much better... maybe one of the new caprice's

**BiGGy** · 10-14-2006, 01:23 AM

A propa aus ford install, nice

**jimmyc** · 10-15-2006, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by tominated

a holden would have been much better... maybe one of the new caprice's

God some people are dickheads. If you think thats nice get off your arse and buy a new 75,000 caprice.

Holden is now a cheep arse badge for Korean parts.

**jimmyc** · 10-15-2006, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by tja

looks really nice.. can you switch inputs to the factory screen to bring back the A/C controls?

dont listen to them ford haters.. just jealous 'bout bathurst. what was it? Ford 1st and 3rd?

Yes there is a console switch installed (hidden) out of the way so I can switch between HVAC and Computer inputs. Although the ford system overlays the HVAC display when you press a button on the dash or change the volume.