1966 Mk1 cortina GT She Drives!

By Jim_builds
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3 minute(s) of a 319 minute read

12-18-2012

it's been a while since i updated this as I have beenmoving in with the mrs and christmas stuff

since the gearknob I have stripped, cleaned and painted the pedal box which is now sat in a box till I need to refit it,

I have also got the welder working on the proper gas bottles so I have been practicing to get the right setup which seems to have worked an I have started to work on a tricky area which i will post pics of later but it has been fun hitting metal with hammers!


1-4-2013

I fancied spending a few hours after I got home from work on the car to try and boost some inspiration and motivation for tomorrow when I try to do some more body repairs and welding

So I thought I would look at the front bumper as I had not replaced the original one when the front valence was replaced a few years ago. I had bought one off ebay but it has been sat for ages and I figured I'd try to get it to sit a bit closer to the body and give the front end a smoother look as at the moment it looks like the body and the bumper have fallen out!

first off was to cut out the bumper bracket holes, I will shape these properly at a later date.

I got these brackets a while ago! I don't mid playing with them a bit as they have seen better days

when I went to fit the bumper however I thought something was odd as it was over to one side and was at an odd angle - fortunatly I have some other brackets somewhere so I should be able to make up a set

I found my stash of rear bumpers - one has really good chrome but has a small dent in it - is it easy to pull something like this out?

on the plus side after last weeks trouble I felt like I got somewhere today



Comments

Any updates?

Posted by Diggymart on 4/24/23 @ 5:47:38 PM

Car looks great, interior looks really sharp.

Posted by MPower on 11/25/20 @ 10:50:12 PM

Great build thread! This is going to be a fun little Ford!

Posted by CCmyVW on 10/25/20 @ 1:35:35 PM