My Cortina Restoration has begun!
Re: My Cortina Restoration has begun!
Got the engine mountings on and looking good so far!
Slow progress on the body but will turn my focus to it now!
Slow progress on the body but will turn my focus to it now!
Old Ford's don't Die, they just go Faster!
Hi, my name is Johan and I am a V-addict!
'97 Suzuki TL1000S - V2(SOLD)
'76 Ford Cortina XLE Bigsix 3.0 - V6
'90 Ford Sapphire 3.0 GLX - V6
'97 Mazda MX6 2.5i - V6
'96 Ford Courier D\C 350 16v - V8
Hi, my name is Johan and I am a V-addict!
'97 Suzuki TL1000S - V2(SOLD)
'76 Ford Cortina XLE Bigsix 3.0 - V6
'90 Ford Sapphire 3.0 GLX - V6
'97 Mazda MX6 2.5i - V6
'96 Ford Courier D\C 350 16v - V8
Re: My Cortina Restoration has begun!
So with the December leave I had i started getting the cars body reday for paint and with some help from friends and family we arranged a day for some sanding to be done.
My 5 yr old helped as well!!
A few days later i managed to get the back and roof to the metal ready for some Etch Primer
Before primer
after
Will be getting the final spots of metal etched primed and then get the first primer on two start the prep work for the colour coats.
My 5 yr old helped as well!!
A few days later i managed to get the back and roof to the metal ready for some Etch Primer
Before primer
after
Will be getting the final spots of metal etched primed and then get the first primer on two start the prep work for the colour coats.
Old Ford's don't Die, they just go Faster!
Hi, my name is Johan and I am a V-addict!
'97 Suzuki TL1000S - V2(SOLD)
'76 Ford Cortina XLE Bigsix 3.0 - V6
'90 Ford Sapphire 3.0 GLX - V6
'97 Mazda MX6 2.5i - V6
'96 Ford Courier D\C 350 16v - V8
Hi, my name is Johan and I am a V-addict!
'97 Suzuki TL1000S - V2(SOLD)
'76 Ford Cortina XLE Bigsix 3.0 - V6
'90 Ford Sapphire 3.0 GLX - V6
'97 Mazda MX6 2.5i - V6
'96 Ford Courier D\C 350 16v - V8
Re: My Cortina Restoration has begun!
Primer coat is on the body!
Now to get all the small dents and dings out and get it painted!!
Now to get all the small dents and dings out and get it painted!!
Old Ford's don't Die, they just go Faster!
Hi, my name is Johan and I am a V-addict!
'97 Suzuki TL1000S - V2(SOLD)
'76 Ford Cortina XLE Bigsix 3.0 - V6
'90 Ford Sapphire 3.0 GLX - V6
'97 Mazda MX6 2.5i - V6
'96 Ford Courier D\C 350 16v - V8
Hi, my name is Johan and I am a V-addict!
'97 Suzuki TL1000S - V2(SOLD)
'76 Ford Cortina XLE Bigsix 3.0 - V6
'90 Ford Sapphire 3.0 GLX - V6
'97 Mazda MX6 2.5i - V6
'96 Ford Courier D\C 350 16v - V8
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Angle manifold was very likely a Basil Green Sapphire Perana manifold. BG told me the angling was to get the runners all the same length.irpac wrote:.... the carbs were sitting at an angle behind each other.....
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Jis Johan, I looks good well done and keep up the good work!
Re: My Cortina Restoration has begun!
You are doing a great job here!!
My opinion: get rid of the "aero kit thing"around the back. It will have the car look so much better. Just my though though....
My opinion: get rid of the "aero kit thing"around the back. It will have the car look so much better. Just my though though....
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The importance of a "T".....................FPT wrote:You are doing a great job here!!
My opinion: get rid of the "aero kit thing"around the back. It will have the car look so much better. Just my though though....
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Re: My Cortina Restoration has begun!
Looking very very good, keep it up !!!!
I have to start with my car again it's been way to long that i have worked on it
I have to start with my car again it's been way to long that i have worked on it
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Re: My Cortina Restoration has begun!
I can see the excitement in your posts, also from the forum when the guys respond. Keep up the good work and the photo's. We all love it when a build starts coming together. . I would just like to give a tip here, when you do the final spray-job and espesially if it's going to be metalic, try very hard to spray at the same angles. I'll explain... I stripped and resprayed my daughter's Uno in metallic blue a while ago. The car frame, much like your's in the last pics, was painted seperately and the doors and bonnet were off the car on drums. Although I painted everything at the same time, with the same paint, it did not match properly after re-assembly. The metallic particels in the paint have to set and dry at the same angle when you spray the door and mudguard, for example.
Looking forward to the rest of your build.
Looking forward to the rest of your build.
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