I Have decided to sell the Wobstang,Ill post a fuller explanation later but needless to say id thought about this before but though it would of been the right thing to do I didn't want to. Now i dont need to sell it but want to. I need to move on and this car needs a new chapter with somebody else w...

Yes, the plastic is coming in quite useful nowadays isn't it? I also heard the other day that we can mix manufacturer's brake fluids together now as well. Doesn't sound right to me. There'll be man-made oil and brake fluid itself next...! I'm beginning to think ill be better off with the plastic on...

So onto the dreaded sticking brake pedal. It was suggested I remove the bolt that joins the pedal to the pushrod of the master cylinder and if the pedal didnt then move I might be lucky :roll: So I did and the pedal moved immediately upon release from the master cylinder pushrod that was obviously s...

So yesterday the Washing commenced Well I say washing but it was more decontaminating :roll: A trim to Halfords and it was suggested I use something they swore by called Jizer it smelled like orange juice and it was diluted in my trusty tin watering can with water and i was told to liberally apply a...

You probably know that excellent quality fibre glass front wings are available for old Cortinas , in my view a much more satisfactory solution than Plastic Padding and Isopon, which never looks attractive. Although the glassing up and filling approach is still ideal for the inner wings and strut to...

Ahh the days cars fitted in garages. Yup! The estate is still there and now has concrete outdoor spaces on the original garage plots so plan on going there to recreate the pic next year ;) Cortina is now under a cover I sat looking at the shape under the cover last night and thought bloody hell tha...

So a behind the scenes update As I go through little things its became apparent the car is a little more rotten than i had hoped :cry: But its not a basket case,sadly the dirt was hiding some bodge ups but as it hadn't really been on the road since the 70s the bodge ups had stood still but now its a...

So ive changed the title of this thread and it will run concurrently with the other thread ;) So how did this all come about? Its Childhood Memories arnt they always :roll: When I was 5 years old in 1977 (now you all know my age :lol: ) Life seemed magical :mrgreen: We lived on a council estate in B...

angrydicky wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:33 pm Yes, WC was Essex.

Looked like it spent all its life there until I rescued it

mercrocker wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:59 am A lot of Ford's publicity and press fleet had those "WC" reg. numbers too.

There's a bit of confusion as some sources say one place and some another. Car was shipped from Ongar so maybe it is a local to there reg?