1966 Mk1 cortina GT She Drives!

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This week I've just about finished the 1st stage of floating the body back.

Today I've been working on priming the doors and blending the body repairs in.

I got 2 of the doors hung ok and secure, I was working on securing the near side rear door but I messed up...

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It's the door that I repaired as a last attempt instead of reskinning - given the work required to sort this I've decided to reskin it - any advice on this would be great.

On the upside the other 3 doors are in high build do ivd got plenty to get in with and I'll get a new skin from the owners club and go from there.

6-24-2019

I've not updated much recently, whilst waiting for the doorskin I've been flatting the body.

I decided that I needed a small job that would give me a boost- so I've painted the dash and pillars.

Its 1 dust coat and 3 thin full coats. I think it needs to be a tiny bit thinner and a little less psi. But more importantly I'm happy!

I'll give back to wet sanding the outside and let the paint harden off properly before fettling.

Fingers crossed I'll be buying the big tin of ermine this week!

A huge milestone for me - I'm spraying paint!

Less talk more pictures.

I've seen a run on the rear panel that'll need addressing but I cant believe I'm at this point!

Also make sure the lids on your gun before moving...

It looks like giants pulled out in my garage.