72 cortina restoration begining to eventuall completion

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72 cortina restoration begining to eventuall completion

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this is my 72 cortina that i bought off of Michael. i plan on a full restoration this is how it looked when i bought it. this also was day one

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day 2 and day 3 i got most of the car stripped and ready for body prep to fix the usuall rust holes Image
Image i also found out that the fenders had been tarred onto the car that made for dificult removal Image
day 4 and 5 ive been stripping the old paint and bondo off im finding some intersting patchwork as i go Image Image
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Looks like a good start, keep us informed of your progress!

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Dalton,

Wow, I'm really impressed to see so much progress! Keep up the good work. What is picture #3?

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picture #3 is the passanger side headlight bezal
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well heres an update on my progress over the last week the roof is all stripped along with the pasanger rear quarterand some other odds and ends Image

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the orange stuff on the door jam is paint stripper much faster than a sander
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this is the front valance and as luck would have it i found some more patch work under a 1/4 inch of bondo
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Looking great...well, the progress is looking great! grinding off bondo is always fun, like a treasure hunt.

Keep up the good work

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WOW! great progress!

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Yikes, Racer36 - - what kind of energy bars do U consume? it's great to C U make such FAST progress - - I'll have to stop by some day on one of my trips east! Ray P.
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Dalton,

How is the progress this month?

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well the progress hasnt been as fast this month ive managed to get one fender and the front valance done.
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this is the top front corner on the drivers fender that was completly rusted out.
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this is the wheel arch on the drivers fender also
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this is the bottom corner of that fender.
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this is the front valance
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and this is the passanger side of the fender

the other reason i havent done alot on the car is i recently bought a 66 mrk1 cortina that im trying to get done so i can use it as my daily driver.
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Wow, a Mk I. Can you post a picture of it? It looks like you have been bitten by the Euro-Ford collector bug.

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no problem heres a couple of shots when i got it, theres some dents but there is very little rust. its a 66 with only 57000 miles on it. seems kind of unusual though because its a 2 door automatic, but then again im not sure how popular the automatic tranny is.
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well i know i havent been posting on my progress as much as i should but heres some pictures of were im at.

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its finaly in primer ive just got some minor body work left and then it will be ready for some color
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Nice progress :) .
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Dalton,

Thanks fort the updated pictures. It make me happy to see your progress.

Do you still need a parking lamp?

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Post by carrat »

The pictures of your car take me back a lot of years. I owned a MkIII Cortina back in NZ. I bought it with an early V6 already installed, From memory a 2.8litre, I then bought a 3.0 litre Capri motor, a 5 speed Toyota trans, had a bell housing made to put the two together and proceeded to cut the firewall and half the trans tunnel out of the car. I positioned the motor and trans on blocks so the air cleaner was under the windscreen and started to rebuild everything. Once all that was done I had a custom exhaust built, mounted a small block Chev radiator and made an aluminum fan shroud and started the car. Then I left the country, never drove the car. I gave it to my brother inlaw to use as a race car, he never did. Unfortunately my father ended up cutting the car up and selling off what he could. :cry:
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