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6-24-2021
With the interior all done and dusted I figured I would do something relatively quick and painless as I'm waiting on a few parts that I'll need for the MOT - the bumpers.
I have a set of full width bumpers that are useable but could do with a rechrome or replaced for stainless but fine for now, my original brackets were heavily rusted and not worth the time trying to fix. The club sells new brackets so I figured why not! Then I had this mess!
I figured it would be easier at this point to make my own instead
rigged up with Lin bins and cutting discs
After many hours of trial and error (mainly error) I had these:
The front was less problematic but the bumper is closer to the body than the original mounts so I needed to make up some new brackets, these were bent using a decent hammer and my Record Vice that has put up with some abuse over the years!
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Great work mate! Loved the taillights and fins on these cortinas. Remind me of the old type 34 VWs.
Posted by MPower on 10/31/20 @ 3:15:41 AM
Thank you! I had never made that connection before, you're right!
Posted by Jim_builds on 11/16/20 @ 2:29:18 PM
Thank you Steve I appreciate the support, it feels like a lifetime since I did a lot of the work! Hopefully I'll be back on the road early next year so I can finally put some miles on her.
Posted by Jim_builds on 10/26/20 @ 12:08:47 PM
Beautiful Cortina! Looks like a lot of work but you did a bang up job! Glad you saved this one!
Posted by stevegolf on 10/22/20 @ 11:06:39 PM
Thanks for all the photos! Such a cool car!
Posted by Diggymart on 11/12/23 @ 10:55:36 PM