1966 Mk1 cortina GT She Drives!

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I've primed the wings, b pillar and sill as I noticed the rear wing had some light surface rust with it being bare for so long so I decided to clean the steel and spray epoxy.

I think having the body in primer will help me find the high and low spots easier than bare steel but I'll hold off on flatting till it's all in epoxy.

I did struggle doing under the drip rails as the gun I have takes the primer from underneath, there's a pick up pipe that constantly needed the primer tin removing and going again. I'm still learning so I'll chalk this down to experience but a habit fed gun that's smaller in size will help out no end especially when doing the sills.

A few other notes being I had what appears to be a reaction on the wing where I did some kurust last night but I can resolve that easily enough!

There's a couple of runs which again is again my learning curve - tidying it up will teach me a lesson!

I caught the primer with the pipe as I was moving around - space is a killer so I'll have a shuffle around and move stuff out. I'm going to try attaching a gazebo to the front of the garage on spray days so I can extend my work area for more full on spraying. Obviously I'll cover the floor and walls beforehand but it's worth a go!

Later I'll drop her on the floor and hopefully get her on the drive and turned around so I can do the other side!

Luckily I came in from the garage to find Mrs. Jim has baked cake!