1966 Mk1 cortina GT She Drives!

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Just a quick update from yesterday - I finished the seam on the inner wing and ground it down and its gone quite well which is good I also got some atsy grinding shots

3-20-2012

I have decided to have the week off to spend some time on tina particularly the rear end near the spring hangers

its not looking great

I've made a start on the repair sections that I am going to put in - especially after reading what Tonybmw has been doing on here!

Whilst I was waiting for the postman to bring me the sheet metal folder I'd ordered I thought I'd have a look at the spare wheel well which I knew would be messy but Jesus!

I have some more to remove but its all spot welds as it was an original panel rather than something someone stuck on!

I have been playing with making some rear jacking points and I can't seem to find off the shelf ones but they don't look too bad to reproduce

the hole is where the original jack locks into the leg, the hole above is rust  

after lunch the postie came to drop my metal folder! it has become my new favourite toy!

the bottom one is one I did in the vice which is a bit lumpy from where I was hammering/chiseling

now that the folded sections I needed had been made the next thing was to cut some of the bad metal out of the floor section , the floor meets the inner sill and the wheel tub too, the lip where the floor meets the tub was mostly gone I wanted to recreate it so it looked as it should be

I took the longer folded section i did on the folder and cut into it so it was easier to bend - I would have given shrinking/ stretching but not only is it curved but it goes up too

and welded!

I just need to grind the welds down so it looks right