westy

It’s not a lot but it’s something

Have been distracted by real life stuff so not a lot of progress lately but i have managed a few hours here and there. This side's quite a bit worse than the other.

You’re probably overestimating the coolness of a scortina in 1988. But it was mine and I was driving!

Mk1 Cortina in 1988ish. One could say roughly equivalent to a March in 2026?

Bloody lovely thing.

Fkn lovely. Subtle curves are a bitch to get right

Thanks man. Does feel good to get a big chunk done. Need to do some actual work next week though so it’ll slow down again.

Yay. Got that done. So that’s the ‘frame’ I guess you’d call it, done on this side.

And wholly shit it fits Quite fkn pleased with myself. Probably the trickiest panel I’ve made so far. There’s some brackets and bolts to weld on for the guard then hopefully I can get it in epoxy today.

The outer panel, well…. So after some umming and ahhing I came to the obvious conclusion that I knew from the beginning. Gotta make a new one.

So I’ve already done this area on the other side so I kinda knew what was coming. The inner panel is in pretty good shape. Or was until I tried to get the weird little bracket thingie out Oops It’s was rooted anyway. So I made another new one.

Yeah the hours that go into it wouldn’t be something I’d be keen to pay ha. They’d deserve every cent though. Although I’m mostly just taking pieces from one car and gluing them to another. If I didn’t have the second car I’d probably have to scrap them as it would be way above my skill level.

Oh yeah, HumberSS wanted pics of it. Not the flashiest bit of kit but does the job.

Aaaannnnd Ta da!! That’s been some work. So what’s next? Sigh

So fitted the bracket Then this mess Then a big cleanip