BA GT thoughts?

[98TLS]

Originally Posted by Polyal

I saw a Phantom BA XR8 yesterday actually and its body was in mint condition, a tad lowered it looked really really tough. They are not a very adventurous design but they have a solid/tough look that I havent really appreciated before.

Saw a GT in Phantom over the weekend..love the colour (had an XR6 ute in Phantom) but was never fussed on the orange stripes.Car was coming towards us looked tough lowered.

[XtRmn8]

The idea of buying a BA GT has been on my mind for a while. For me it would be something I could tinker with and would do max of 5000kms a year if that.

If I could find a clean well looked after and unmolested manual BA GT I would grab one. I had a look at a couple manual example in the last 6 months and both left a lot to be desired and put me off a bit.

But I am sure there are nice examples out there that will pop up eventually.

[98TLS]

Still fetching big $ over here in NZ ie BAs done 120k ish are still asking $30,000.Couple on our trade me done low kms and there asking $35-40,000.Suppose you can ask what you like...getting its another thing.

[290GTP]

No way would I part with mine for what the market thinks its worth. I think its insurance value is only around 18k.

[blackf6]

They are really a great car. Granted when I test drove mine before buying. I owned a xr6t, and thought the GT wasn't much chop(initial impression). But once you live with it a while, and give it a workout. You begin to appreciate it for what it is. They are no slouch.

[MR.BA.GT.332]

Originally Posted by 98TLS

Saw a GT in Phantom over the weekend..love the colour
Car was coming towards us looked tough lowered.

Really?

Do tell

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by DeJaVu GT

They are really a great car. Granted when I test drove mine before buying. I owned a xr6t, and thought the GT wasn't much chop(initial impression). But once you live with it a while, and give it a workout. You begin to appreciate it for what it is. They are no slouch.

i have two buds that have been down the modified turbs road of the same era in the early days

they both rocking some fairly minty BA GTs now and loving it - both 5sp manuals and no mods other than loudish zorsts

[FERG_51]

Oh yeah that sound from a boss with a zorst kills my turbo.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by FERG_51

Oh yeah that sound from a boss with a zorst kills my turbo.

they get that n/a intake thing on

not a whoosh ;)

[boss351290]

Originally Posted by 98TLS

Bit puzzled as to why your mate would buy one that needed the tensioners done when theres plenty out there with em done already...he must have got god to change them to pay $4000.Bought mine with them done,lowered,exhaust done and a nice set of BBS rims...sorted.Love the thing and no regrets nor any desire to replace it with a BF.Fwiw i reckon if your looking for a GT then look harder and find a GTP the difference in price these days is very little.image

My friend bought that ba gt with 90000km on it in very good condition. I had my bf gtp at the time. He was a mechanic but now does something else for his living. After about 2 years of ownership the tensioner and chains became more and more noisier on start up to the point that he had the problem fixed. The car did not have any noise when he originally purchased the car. It was mercury silver with 5 speed manual a very nice car. I actually was going to buy it off him after he fixed the tensioners as the car was very clean. I diff offer him about $16000 from memory about 3 years ago but he told me the diff was starting to get noisy and would need fixing. In the 3 years he owned it only did about 7000km. He ended up trading it on a ranger. I did manage to buy his x3 tuner off him to use on my ts50. Never seen that car again. It was a good one.

[Swordie]

Originally Posted by Cobrajet03

Is it worth grabbing a BA to have a GT?
Do they have enough street cred? Too many built? Are they too close to a xr8?
Prices have slipped into the 12k-14k range hence the question.

Defiantly has Street Cred. It's an Aussie Muscle Car.

[GT0132]

Had my Black 2005 BA Mk2 6 speed manual for over 8 years now . It gets used occasionally on weekends and just clicked over 65k kms. I know they're cheap as chips now but even if someone offered me the price I paid for it ($48k in 2007) I still wouldn't sell it. It's not about money and only a BA GT/P owner would understand the love affair.

[Beastie]

Why not get both?

[GTMOND]

I remember working around Warwick in QLD when the BA GTs were released. They were filming an add for them just running up and down the road.
I couldn't help but stare. Little did I know a year and a half later I would be driving out of the glass showroom in my very own, brand new phantom GT no stripes.
Bloody best feeling yet. Loved the BA GT and wish I still had it.

[MR.BA.GT.332]

Love mine to bit's.

[TUF_302]

Originally Posted by The Beast

Why not get both?

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Which is which??

[290GTP]

Originally Posted by 290GTP

No way would I part with mine for what the market thinks its worth. I think its insurance value is only around 18k.

Correction. Got my renewal last week, insured market value is $16k.

[DFB FGXR6]

When the BA GT was released in early 2003, I was lucky enough to get a flame thrower ride in a Blood Orange GT at the local dealer.

I'm sure many will understand how influential this was to a 16 year old car nut with blue blood in the veins.

By the time I was in a position to buy a GT, Ford had had been canned FPV. But I'm now a owner of a magnificent FGX XR8, as close as I could get.

But I have the BA GT to thank for the love of a Ford V8.

[gtfpv]

i might buy anotherBAGT . i miss the ba more than i miss the fg sc .

[XtRmn8]

I am looking at one this weekend, was purchased new by an AFF member back in 2003.

Lets hope this one is in decent shape.

[98TLS]

Originally Posted by mr_460bigblock

Love mine to bit's.

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So do i you lucky bugger,without doubt my favourite colour...fond of my Pearl Blue one but Phantom

[MR XR8]

mr_460bigblock any more side pics of the car ?

I remember back in 2003 when my father picked up his blood orange ba GT , I was on my p plates and he got me to drive it home from the dealership with him and I was in love with them from that point on . He sold the car 2 years later but now I have my own blood orange gt and love it .

[zeuss000]

Here's mine, love it, doesn't get driven as much as i would like but usually get her out for a cruise most weekends

[FairmontGS]

I'd buy a manual BA GTP in a heart-beat. Such great performance for so little coin. The BA/F had a liveliness in the chassis that I just don't feel in my FG GT. The latter feels like a big heavy car which is only saved by the SC V8. The ultimate combo would be a Miami in a BA/F.

[Jess1992]

They are nice, but definitely not quick.. They sound good though so it depends what your after

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

I'd buy a manual BA GTP in a heart-beat. Such great performance for so little coin. The BA/F had a liveliness in the chassis that I just don't feel in my FG GT. The latter feels like a big heavy car which is only saved by the SC V8. The ultimate combo would be a Miami in a BA/F.

A SC Miami in my BF GT would be very nice!!!

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by Jess1992

They are nice, but definitely not quick.. They sound good though so it depends what your after

They are quick enough for me

[290GTP]

Originally Posted by Jess1992

They are nice, but definitely not quick.. They sound good though so it depends what your after

Yeah but they are quick enough for most people. A tune and an exhaust will see mid to low 13's quite easily, & sound pretty awesome doing it.

My 12 second XR6 Turbo was nowhere near as much fun as my GT-P.

[GT0132]

Probably not quick compared to an F6, modded 6T or any SC V8, but quick compared to any non aspirated Aussie V8 before it. What was the rwkw of a GTHO P3?

When I bought mine I had only ever owned 2 V8's before it , an XA Fairmont Couple with 302 auto owned in early 80's and an XC GXL 351 owned in mid 80's, but compared to those two cars the GT was in another league altogether performance wise

[Legit290]

They are quick enough