Nice Car Popworth got to say keep the orignal colour think that will be well hard
What does everyones else think then
Nice Car Popworth got to say keep the orignal colour think that will be well hard
What does everyones else think then
Nice to see some REAL old school
Pre 67 rules.... but then again i'm biased
Mark, Your only option is to talk to Roll Center(01480 464052) or Custom Cages (01327872855) and get one of those to spec a cage up, shouldnt be too much as its quite square inside. Or if you want to drag me away from the shell I'll call them for you
You can change the 4th spark plug now and one turret is in. The other will be in this afternoon, don't you just the love the smell of burning old pigiron.........
excellent stuff!!ill have to give them a bell and have a sort out. anymore ideas on the colour front? ive still no idea!
The popular choice is the two tone colours that it's in,,, say Panther Black and a flip Burgandy
Keep it in the origional colur scheme
oh so many choices, what to do?
Heres the latest pics, both sets of arches done, the fronts have been an absolute pain to fit as we wanted to keep them below the swage line, so the top radius had to beaten down by about 2" so the the arch flows into the swage. The wheels that will be going on the car are 2" taller than these 21"s, so the gaps round the arches will be a little less but i hope you all can see what I can.....
This is going to be a goodun
thats a beaut, a credit 2 ur work gary
That is looking tops Gary
Top class gary. That looks absolutely superb!!!!
well what can i say!!!! that looks the absolute nuts gary!!! so were the fronts tricky or what?
That looks feckin fantastic
I agree with Nick.The original colours would look real cool with polished rims/black centres
Looking good,nice job on the arches
im fitting 3 piece image split rims with a big dish to fill all that arch! loadsa rubber!!!!!
Me thinks me needs to get Ferg do his wonders on it in the photoshop, perhaps he can put the 3 piece minilite rims from IMAGE. And play with the colours, I'll have to get a side on pic sorted.
And to everyone who has said positive things about this car and the work, Thank You All, but some of that praise should go to Mark (popworth) He said yes to the arches at the end of 5 hours debate. It was touch and go for a while, the car may have had the chassis moved and a new rear floor panel with Hooooge tubs and a Lickle teeny weeny atlas under the back, I had visions of it wobbling down the road with a 4 foot track width, so thanks go to Mark from me for listening.
ill take some of that then! def have to get it on the colour thing and have a play!
Oh MAN ! I want one - that looks way to cool. Nice work
i want those wheels would look hard on stan in gold
That is a fantastic job you have done Gary, well done !
thats got to be a classic ford feature car!!! beauty
cheers mate! im so pleased how its turning out! was a bit worried at start about arches and doing it in the first place but glad i am
bet u cant wait 4 the day that u get to drive that beaut, b worth the wait tho
tell me about it, funds still ok so full speed ahead for the mo,deliveries arriving so parts can still be fitted so hope it all keeps going this way to get the old girl out there and amungst em!!!! got a strange feeling i may like it. glad im not the only one tho!
sure if u didnt like the final out come, gary wouldnt have any proplem findin some 1 who does
Well i cant really say what i think of it cause its mine and im biased! its coming out a thousand times better than i ever thought it would! and im def got no intention of getting rid of her!
Heres some pics just to keep the thread updated, the body boxes are tied in with a x-brace, and the firewall mounts and turret surrounds have been put in, easy work after the arches
WOW ! Look at the welding !!
I'd get that laquered
I have sent some of these pictures to a group of hot rodders who are into the sit up and beg ford pops
First comment was
mmmmmmmm,,,,,i like that
scottie
Gary you are the man! Just wish you lived oop north or me down south then you could bubble me Mk1 save me making a pigs ear of it. Just have to take my time. Measure twice cut once and all that. Must say it looks the doggy's dangliesKeep up the good work mate.
That is superb, and a nice change from the normal cossied escort's and anglia's ect...top work Gary
Btw what tool do you use to swage those holes? do you do it on a press or do you have a hand tool to do it?
Cheers
Steve
Its an old bush fitting tool for doing sierra TCA bushes, dunno if you can still buy them
good ideaThats a hand tool then?
the only proper ones i've seen for sale over here are the type that you put in a press, which is no good if you dont have a press or want to swage one in situ
i've only seen the proper hand tool ones for sale in the USA and very expensive for what they are
You can use a door lock re-forming tool, they are avalible from lots of tool suppliers, only good on small holes though. I used to have a complete set that was stolen, I'll get round to making them again one day, takes ages with an old lathe, matching the female and male cutters on the grindstone. Need to buy a CNC lathe.
looking good gary! see i go away for a couple of days and ur like a man on a mission! i like that alot!
that inside is a work of art nearly a shame to cover it in paint
keep those pics coming
Brian
Well a few more pics of whats going on this car, here is the piece I have had to fabricate to mount the bonnet hinges on as we have to make as much room for the rad and intercooler as possible, the ends havn't been done yet that will attach it to the inner wings, the whole front end will be able to unbolt so access to the engine will be very good. (good thing with a Cossie)
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fixed this one for you
Cheers mate, now all i gotta do is suss out who's done my siggy so you just clik on it rather than the link I had , theres some clever peeps on here
That will be one of them there nice Admin type people .....Cheers mate, now all i gotta do is suss out who's done my siggy so you just clik on it rather than the link I had , theres some clever peeps on here
Cars is looking good
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