So back in reality here in Dystopian 2022 Huston we have a problem :shock: I knew I had some surface rust under the dash but dont like what I found when I started to investigate it :cry: It appears way back in its past the windscreen rubber had shrunk dried and cracked and let water in which then fo...

So I had rubbed down the obvious scabs of rust bubbling through to investigate on the passengers side doors and much like the drivers side they had gone in pretty much the same places so like the drivers side now I had the drill and wire brush cup I decided to measure the same distance and take of t...

So sat at home today everybody is out I am waiting in for the postman to deliver a parcel for Mum so thought I would make my notes of what I have been up to on the Cortina and let you see the photos ;) So back on Dads drill and wire brush I decided to strip more paint off I ventured over to the pass...

DodgeRover wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:51 pm If it shrunk that makes it easier to shape it back up, stretched is much harder IMO to lose.

I think its shrunk as its lumpy

It's ok for now I'm just focusing on stabilising it a degrotting so its nicer to work around

Hooli wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:27 pm

8BAK465 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 12:16 pm And I thought the car just needed a Wash and T Cut

You're nearly as bad as SiC!

Ill take that as a compliment I admire his fleet and his fine work

So after struggling with the wrong sandpaper :roll: I switched to wet and dry but gave up the will to live then Dad let me use his Electric Drill and provided the wire brush attachment to strip Grandads metal gate and fence (which he never did) so ill put them to use instead ;) So I decided to revis...

Are you planning on getting the wing off? Maybe find a local panel basher who has good form. I think I paid about £300 to have one of my Farina wings repaired, refitted and properly painted (i.e. not by me). Still way cheaper than Ex-Pensive Steel Panels would charge for a replacement though. A bit...

Ill be posting an update back in 76 at the weekend but back in the Year that is Two Thousand and Twenty Two earth years I have hit upon a dilemma :roll: Ive been burning off what are several blow overs,and brush paint jobs to reveal what it quite solid on the whole bodywork for a 57 year old Dagenha...

So things have somewhat come to a halt because after being fried alive for a couple of months we are now being drowned. The last I did was I started to bare metal the passengers side wing,now I am no paint spraying outfit and dont have access to professional tools its Sepetember 1976 and I live on a...

Yeah you might be right but its definitely been brush painted at some point might of been brush painted then sprayed over as the brush marks where in quite hidden places,gutters,near trim,door shuts etc but one thing I did find was the white comes off fairly easy but the blue side flash is a nightma...