d.p.n.s Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 got a few diff things done. crown wheel on...housing cleaned and painted POR15 ...diff head all bak in and good to go...(got a bit slap happy with the red paint lol....also only thing i could find.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 i was thinking about rear brakes and doing a disc conversion as i didnt have any rear brakes for it. but i then thought the easiest way would be to use factory aussie drums...they came on a 6 cylinder cortina soooooooooo must work well on a cortina with a 6 in it. (keep cert man happy aswell) and its not going to have a million hp. so thanks to @J-W-G igot my hands on a set of factory aussie assembled rear drums..seen better days but nothing a rebuild wont fix.......and the best price. so here they are. and after a few hours i got the backing plates all cleaned up ready to have the backs painted in POR15. 1 of them had some damage (looks like someone lost a wheel at some point) i managed to straighten it so the drum wont rub 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted December 22, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2018 just a quick update motor is almost done ..just need to sort the throttle linkage (pretty much sussed) injectors (might get the factory ones cleaned or go later model) spark (going coil on plug from a later model) and last but not least headers ........going to make from scratch . apart from that Hydroprint Hq here in nz did the rocker cover and trumpets for me and i love it. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 thought i would have a play with falcon TFI dizzy i had that came with all the injection bits i bought. only wanted was the hall effect as a trigger for the ecu and also for the oil pump. so pulled it a part cleaned it up and cut the top off and capped it...rebuilt with a new plug.......good to go 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 well now it's a new year and the girls have gone back to school .........it's time. so the old girl is off to blasting... hopefully we can lift it off the trailer once it's done and not sweet it off. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 well its back from blasting ....and good news .....its not a pile of dust 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 the rust issue wasn't as bad as i thought it would be.....there were no surprises at all... not bad for a car that was destined for scrap yard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 so the plan is to metal prep and POR15 all the good bits till im left with just the repair ares. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 thought while its in its side ill stitch and gusset the upper arm mounts all so took the time to fit the stuffed gearbox mount threads. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 i relieved the boot of the wheel well.(was in pretty good condition but i have plans) i also plan to rebuild most of the front end panels (there is some rust ) but i want to repackage the radiator ,fan and oil cooler so its all under the slam panel i removed ...hammered and dolled them and replaced ..even had some seam sealer on the shelf... . 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted March 13, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2019 started doing what i believe to be the worst/most difficult rust are ...2 hours so far and about half way done. 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 started on the other half of the drivers side floor/jacking point straitened the jack mount and put back on. then there is this bit of the jacking point....it was stuffed this is all i could keep so made this and this is it all done.....time to move on to another bit 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 time for the driver side sill....starting with the front end... thought it would have been a small patch but by the time i found clean metal it got bigger. then the rear of the sill (didnt see any rust but it needed straightening and i suspected a patch over rust) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 so i think i might have all the rust on the drivers underside done. rear guard......not bad at all and the arra at the front under the head light...made it a differant shape to factory but with 2 small holes it should drain better 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 started on the passenger underside got a small patch done on the floor got the cap at the end of the sill done. the jack brace looked but looking from the inside it was rusted so i cut it out cleaned it up welded in a new brace and welded back on. and then moved onto the area under the pasenger headlight...i know its not factory shape but with a couple of holes it will drain heaps better 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 the passenger side sill....it was smashed in ...i tried with my huge dent puller but decided to cut into it........till the gas run out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 old fuel tank. new hotness tank 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 got some gas so finished the passenger side sill then moved on the the rust in the passenger side wheel well then the passenger outer guard and the passenger rear 1/4 the there is the front....i wanted to do the front lower panel rust..but i realized i needed to make the radiator support parts first and to do that i needed to cut everything thing out i didn't want. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 some more trimming and i think i have the base plate done. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted April 14, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2019 made some ends to cap off the bottom plate....just all tacked in for now.. the i had a look at the fan and oilcooler support panel...just had to make sure i could get the grill on...and be able to remove and replace fan and oil cooler if needed....before i weld the panel fully in.. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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