Year of the 8's it is then mate .Where did you get pics from over here?
Year of the 8's it is then mate .Where did you get pics from over here?
Now that will be telling mateOriginally Posted by gpcmatric
Started stripping the wheels today with nitromors horrible job !!! Pics tomorrow.
Nice one, dont see many uk cars on those compomotives
Nick do 8.5's count in 2010 aswell....they are gold??
Havent done much recently been to cold.polished and painted the wheels ford graphite grey and tried on car what do you think?
Looks very promising
http://escort.accelerator.org
1968 MK1 Escort 1300GT
1969 'Big Wing' MK1 Escort
1972 MK3 Cortina 1600XL
1984 Sierra XR4i
And other junk I don't like to talk about!
best of luck with your project mate
Cheers for that mate once the snow goes should be able to get on with it the rear chassis looks good so shouldnt need much
Sourced a roof today should be here on tuesday so can get rid of the sunroof and rot in roof rail pics on tuesday
Got roof today good straight one and no sunroof or rot
thtas the easy bit..
hi john in belfast i have a car not as bad as your but needs work done . you done a good job off chassie if you have pichairs off car done . could you send them in a e mail see how far you got love mk 1 cortina my car is a 1965 4 door in blue keep work up i love get parts for mine need wings if know any one over their send to good wings over i buy them not give steel panels £350 each no way put fiber class wings on if comes to it . keep work up
got some doors need some work drivers side
drivers side is the worst needs a lot as you can see.
Heres some more of the drivers door repairs
the other corner needs a bit more work
more bloody rust
graham
if your not careful youll turn into leepu and start fighting with bernie as he needs to sort the mechanicals out.
lee
Nice one Lee .Going to get some more done tomorrow and at the weekend
Looking good, and some excellent work on the door Graham. . .
And you are an even worse hoarder than me in them sheds and garages lol
Great to see you today
Old skool forever
Just don`t tell the wife
how much it really costs!
Cheers Markjust cant help it mate bits come in handy . if not for me for others
Heres some more pictures of the corner of the drivers door repair
before
after
a couple of more bits tto do on drivers door and then the passenger door
keep up the great work
Had a good look at the o/s door and decided to cut the door skin off below the swage line and make a new lower skin and joggle it under the cut line so as not to distort the panel ,this will also allow me to sand blast the inside of the door and treat it,and repair the corners.Will make the skin later in the week.If it works on this door will do the same with the other.
will put up pics of skin in week
very nice work
keep it up
Fair play to you mate
Started to repair corners and replaced reinforcing bar as it was badly bent.need some more sand blasting on the inside of the door and treat it.have joggled a sheet of steel and need to cut and mark up ready for folding the door skin over the frame.powerfile decided to stop working roller packed up,what a pain.
will put some more pics up later.
corner repair started
hope to get corners finished soon.
more done on corner of door and door support repaired
just a bit of cleaning up of the welds and then a couple of small holes to do and then onto the door skin
coming along now mate well done
i love my nurburgring buddy's ....................the lucky pig is my hero
Got a complete rear end yesterday rear qtrs and rear panel in good condition.
All the best with the resto Graham. It would take me a decade and a half to do that amount of work
What's the history behind the Cortina?
Usual story sat outside with wildlife growing through and living in the car probably for 10yrs people asked to buy it but owner would not sell.It had an axe put into the front wing! had a V6 in it but must of rattled like a good un had washers spacing the bellhousing to the engine and the gearbox mount drilled through the floor.
Ill put pictures up of the rear end later.
So,did the previous owner race it? How come it has a rollcage in it already. I was at Manchesters CLassic Ford Meet last night,some tasty MK1's
The one in the middle,it took the owner 11 years to restore it
no idea mate maybe to keep the car more rigid.Hope mine doesnt take 11 yearsSo,did the previous owner race it? How come it has a rollcage in it already. I was at Manchesters CLassic Ford Meet last night,some tasty MK1's
The one in the middle,it took the owner 11 years to restore it
Heres some pics of rear end i acquired.Its had a few repairs but on the whole just what i needed.
going to unpick the whole rear end drill out the spot welds .Need the rear qtrs and rear valance/boot surround and some bits of the floor.
Pg tips is on hold at moment still collecting parts.Need a front panel and or lower valance.Will crack on with the old girl over winter.hopefully will have access back to my garage
omg !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats some project
After a front panel or valance for PG tips please?
Any one got one ? even if it needs a bit of workAfter a front panel or valance for PG tips please?
Hello Graham I just read your thread, you like a challenge.
Your metalwork skills are 1st class, is it your trade.
I will ring you about a possible front pannel.
No mate just like hitting metal
My trade is playing with live Electricity ,it helps keep me on my toes
Got front panel today needs a small bit of work where the side lights/indicator go and where the bumper iron comes through apart from that its pretty straight its taken ages to get one.
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