1966 Mk1 cortina GT Exhaust collectors

Coming along very nicely.

The boot seal on Anglias was the same probably just he corsair being that bit later and lip seals being the new technology.

I found on the minor that we could hardly shut the doors and boot at first but after a while the seals seemed to settle and its now got a lot better.

jim have you managed to track down a matching wheel? I've got a stack of standard Mk1 wheels in my garage of varying styles - if you post up some pictures of the wheels you are trying to match (front and rear) I'll see if have one.

cheers

Cortinaman

Either rim would not look out of place on your Mk1 the top rim is a more poverty spec rim and more unusual.

cortinaman Thats a collection! I'd be interested in 2 of the GT ones, I'm in Mansfield (Nottinghamshire) where abouts are you?

It feels like it's been a while since I updated this but things had slowed when the Cortina went off to get the door finished.



I'm glad that the Cortina was out of the garage as the mess I had made over the last 12 months had become an annoyance plus I had become sloppy with the painting in there - the Cortina was protected but the walls weren't so they had started to turn black in areas, I know this garage is an old sectional with an asbestos roof that quite honestly needs to come down and replaced but whilst I don't have the funds or space to build what I want I might as well make it a nicer place to be.







Now was the perfect opportunity to get my Myford working again, this had the rear belt set removed and pushed in the corner when I was starting to do body work but after a clean and a new belt it's looking much better, I might start a thread on this in other projects. I just need to learn how to use it.



With all the room for activities I made a start on cleaning and polishing the trim - I can already tell I'll lose the will to live fitting the guttering trim!








The grill was repainted black which is more of a lotus thing but I think it makes the front end look tidier and less like a rappers dentures although I don't have a photo of it finished - I'll sort that out later...

I had been looking at what to do with my GT shields, they were looking tired and had suffered water ingress so lost their colour. they're too tight to CNC without forking out huge amounts and 3D printing in plastic wouldn't give the right result. Fortunately someone was selling a pair of stick on inserts that look great when they're fitted, I have kept the originals as I think I could make a mould and resin cast replacements and knowing how easy they are to remove the inserts I could have a bit of fun with these in the future...






In just under 2 weeks the Cortina was ready to return with better panel gaps than I'll ever get, all 4 doors painted and with seals fitted - again seals are not my forte!




















Excuse the greenhouse heaters - it was a wet ride home and I wanted to be sure I hadn't missed anything when drying the Cortina out in the garage. I'm waiting on a new clip for the headliner and parts for the handbrake so I'm going to go back and figure out why I'm struggling to get it running.

I will be interested to see how you fit the wind screens as my front one has to come out because the rubber is shrinking and it was fitted incorrectly with the stainless trim fitted to the rubber after it was fitted to the car and not to the rubber first, which means it does not lie properly.

Top work that man, the headliner looks amazing. Cannot wait to see it for real on a sunny summers day!

Thanks Broady, when BoJo says we can go out and play you're welcome to come over as I need your help as you know!

In between the work on the headlining I was getting a few jobs off the list firstly the distributor, the one I had fitted was a recreation based on the Lucas 45D which is a mechanical advance unit that I bought with the intention of using with a set of bike carbs but seeing as that has been shelved for a rainy day I decided to go back to a 23D and use a vacuum advance unit - I found that idling on the 45 style wasn't great and I have no information on the curve etc.

I bought an original 23D and a new vacuum unit and electronic ignition kit and spent a few hours making it look pretty.








The engine was much smoother on idle but I need to look at the started as the earth strap was hot whilst cranking.

the next think I have been wanting to do it get the bulkhead sealed off - this means new grommets and a great stick gaiter which I bought from the club, sealing the bulkhead means once the window rubbers are all done I can get on with the interior.










I gave fitting the rear window a go as the Front is too chipped to use and a replacement is being sorted via my insurance company which helps. The rear screen was pretty dirty but I decided to clean it once in the car as I didn't want to put any weight on it whilst it's not supported, I did remove the stickers beforehand. The RTTS sticker is from the last road trip I did in the Cortina before it came off the road back in 2006 - Ouch!



It was soon in and I have since fitted the trim but I'm happy that the glass is going in as it's starting to look like a proper car again