1966 Mk1 cortina GT Exhaust collectors

Jim - Nothing wrong with your application of lead - What are using for filling the lead back with ?

Jim - It's a body file that you need like this:

www.lb-restoration.co.uk/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?cart_id=1510130969.32032&product=RESTORATION&pid=424

Not overly expensive and is a useful piece of kit not just for leadwork but also roughing out over panels has a few strokes of this and it will clearly indicate the high / low areas on a panel that requires work - the files are adjustable to enable contours to be followed - might be worth checking e bay to see if it's any cheaper

Jim - Look on the last page or so of postings on the Jowett Bradford van that I am doing about the polyester glazes - this will sort your pinhole areas out

Enjoying this thread Jim, I've got a mk1 cortina 4 door which I haven't touched in a year and reading this has inspired me to get stuck into again, keep the good work going, great pictures and descriptions, cheers Steve

Get on it! I'd be interested in hearing/ seeing more about it.

Thanks for the kind words.

Jim

It was Pete's link on another forum for his Corsair that got me on here, so I started following that then the Bradford van and now this. Great workmanship and friendly advice.

This was the shaft that controls the airflow through the spray gun - it's now fixed but at the time I was in a bind as the paint was going to dry and I'd have nothing to show for it. A foam roller was to hand which is a lesser evil than wasting paint.

As I've mentioned this was like super orange peel!

















I think I'm getting there with the rear panel - I managed to reduce the depth by giving it some light panel beating which after a skim I think it'll be ok

I'm going to have a go at sorting the massive dent on the rear passengers door it runs practically the full width and before now I have thought of it as being a new door skin but I think if I try and it looks terrible then it'll be a new panel.








I had a few photos of flatting the boot filler down I've just applied the knifing putty which should be set and ready for flatting when I get back of holiday next Sunday.















whilst waiting for filler to set etc I have been working my way forward to sand the panels down, I've noticed a dent on the sill and the height difference between the front of the sill and the front wing - I don't want to cut and re weld the wing as the curvature is good with the door.







What can I do?

Hi Jim - It's going to be easier to make most of the adjustment on the wing - don't worry it's nothing too radical - I would release the bottom edge of the wing where it is attached to the sill flange - your door gapping & curvature should remain has they are has the wing is retained in place by the wing flange edge which in turn is spot welded to the A post - once you have released the bottom wing edge I would have a go at seeing if you can close the wing up to the sill has much has possible - you may well have to trim some of the return edge on the bottom of the wing to achieve this - a piece of timber may help has a leaver to force the bottom edge of the wing in - clamp it in place once you have it has far in you can get it and make good the welding of the bottom edge to the sill flange - you may have to fabricate a small return section for the wing - any outstanding difference between the sill & wing is going to have be gained from the sill - I reckon it wont be a lot by the time the dent is removed from the sill (weld a small temporary tag to the centre of the dent then use the tag with a pair of molegrips to pull the dent out) - The dent is probably exaggerating the gap difference between the sill & wing - if the difference is not huge by this point - I would build the difference out on the sill by lead loading the area but you are probably going to have come a decent way down the sill to loose it - try to sort the bottom of the wing and the dent on the sill first and if it's still miles away come back to me with some pics and I will take another look at it - Chris