Old Fords never die

December

• 1600GT engine gets a first coat of Ford Red paint. The first alloy is ready for priming and inner wing bodywork repair commences. (06/12/2006)

November

• More Front bodywork, offside wing and front valance now taped up together to see what it all looks like. Also, more cleaning of engine parts continue on the 1600GT. (22/11/2006)
• New Parts Washer is purchased and already many 1600GT engine parts have been degreased. (15/11/2006)
• The front bodywork was the order of this weekend. Offside wing placed in-situ with good old tape and the bonnet saw it getting attacked with an angle grinder. Also, the front valance had a tidy up. Check out the updates for more on this. (15/11/2006)
• Fitted the Lokar Firewall mount gearbox dipstick today, looking good and now so easy to fill up the gearbox. Also, worked on the brakes today, trying to sort out some of the leaks. (05/11/2006)
• Stopped sulking now!! Regardless of the front ride height I'm going to press on. When all the bodywork is complete I will then decide if the springs need to be lowered. Two options: 1) cut and re-tempered at Gaz or 2) new lowered springs (again), well at least I now have the spring rates correct. (04/11/2006)

October

• Still sulking!!! (31/10/2006)
• Managed to fit the new shocks and springs. The car sits too high now so I'm off to sulk and work on my GT. (16/10/2006)
• Custom made springs and shocks arrived from Gaz. Time only permitted me to install one side and strip the other ready for installation. (09/10/2006)

September

• Having some problems trying to sort out my front suspension. In the end I have ordered new adjustable shocks and 350lb custom made springs from Gaz Shocks. They should arrive in 2/3 weeks time. Hopefully this should sort out the ride height and the weight of the engine!! (11/09/2006)

June, July and August

• The last month or so I have been working on plumbing the brake system. It is now complete - we have brakes. (10/08/06)

May

• Couple of supplier links added. (03/05/06)
• Passenger side floor (from front seat to footwell) template made, metal cut, joggled edge, folded and swage lines added. Underside painted and ready for fitting. (02/05/06)

April

• I have bought another MK2 Cortina (1968), am I mad............most probably! More news and pictures when I pick it up in about 10 days time. (25/04/06)
• New braided hoses fitted today. It took some time but eventually came up with a bracket to fit the other end to. Also managed to fit the brake reservoir. Details to follow soon on brake build up pages.(23/04/06)
• First of the brake pipe build up pages loaded. (19/04/06)
• Some brake parts, hoses, clips etc ordered from Burton Power. (18/04/06)
• New Goodridge stainless steel front caliper hoses ordered. Also, ordered new engine mount rubbers and a new waterpump. (13/04/06)
• Copper Nickel brake pipes have been fitted to rear calipers and up to the front of the car. Pipe run from master cylinder to servo. (09/04/06)
• Handbrake lever template made up, hole and slot cut out of tunnel and lever bolted in place. (01/04/06)

March

• Passenger seat fitted in. Support bracket for servo unit sprayed and now fitted. Rear brake pads and pins fitted. Handbrake cable fitted into rear calipers, now need to decide how the rest of it is going to fit and work!! (19/03/06)
• Fabricated a bracket to strengthen the front of the servo unit from vibrating. Another small bracket made and welded in place on the rear chassis to hold the brake T piece. Passenger side seat mounts were welded in and primed ready to fit the seat. (12/03/06)

February

• Fitted the main part of the passenger floor in today. (19/02/06)
• Only managed to get a coat of primer on the new sheet metal this weekend, better than nothing I guess!!. (05/02/06)

January

• Drivers side seat now firmly fixed. New bracket made up for master cylinder and servo unit. Passenger side foot well has now had some new sheet metal spot welded in place. Passenger side floor and top of gearbox tunnel has been cut and taken to my friend to have some nice swage lines put in. Next job is to give these a quick coat of paint before fitting in place. (31/01/06)
• Fabrication of drivers side seat is now complete. Some primer has been sprayed on prior to seat being fitted. (22/01/06)
• The upper part of the driver's side foot well has now been completed (spot welded in place). Throttle pedal has now been fitted as the above now complete. Fabrication of the drivers side seat has started but time ran out for this week. (06/01/06)