1966 Mk1 cortina GT She Drives!

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The engine needed to be cleaned up, despite being perfectly functional it was looking sorry for itself as I'd had it in the garage whilst the body work was being done - its my fault entirely but we'll gloss over that...

The sump needed a fresh gasket as I didn't do a great job of it - it dropped as much oil as BP!

After some prep time of sorting the loose paint and overspray I ended up with this:

Then i could crack on with the British racing green- as close as i could get to the Ford version without getting it mixed.

The pulleys and rocker cover were painted black, i had an original pressed pulley and a smaller performance pulley I found cheap on ebay years ago

The clutch went together nicely after my brainhad gone into neutral the other day and fortunately the gearbox skid straight on.

Gratuitous shots I know but its not had a functional drive train since 2006!

With rules changing my dad came over to help me drive the crane and get it in. It was straight forward getting it in the bay but we had a struggle to get the mounts lined up exactly.
It was fine though and good to see him properly and not on a video chat!

I have a lot of work to do till i can get it running but I'm very happy with what we achieved.  

I hope you're all well and getting things done