1966 Mk1 cortina GT She Drives!

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It's been a few weeks since my last post, mainly because I don't think I've done enough interesting stuff.

I finally pulled my finger put and made the frame which I wish I'd done a lot sooner

I ordered the steel from the metal store (Google it) they do 10 cuts for free so everything had clean cuts which made the job a lot easier.

The cross piece was improvised as the crossmember looks straight but when I put the 2 legs on before jigging the cross piece the toe in to match the legs. It's no major change to how the frame works but it doesn't break down easier when I take it off the car.

It moves easily and the height of the cross piece allows me to get the car higher with less effort for spraying underneath. I'll get the rear done to match but it depends on how long it takes to spray the underside.

Carrying on the front end tidy up I'm still working on the drivers side which has taken a lot more work than expected (It's a running theme of the restoration!).

The bumper bracket or welcome to the layer cake:

Excellent patch job!

I've got a few bits to sort on repairs that I did years ago when I first started welding so I'll have some more updates soon then it's back on with getting underseal off which will suck because of a lack of space!