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1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto

TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Jul 26, 2013 19:04:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hello RR peeps My name is Tony.. But I seam to have inherited the forum name of TiBBs . Love cars and have done now for 40 years or so . This is my old girl a 1972 Cortina GXL I bough her about 5 years ago .This is how she was
	Last Edit: Aug 12, 2013 14:16:59 GMT by TIB 3300 HATE RUST LOVE OLD CARS

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Maizetina Part of things Posts: 101	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto Maizetina @maizetina
	Jul 26, 2013 19:09:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Very nice, miss my mk3 Tina though.
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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Jul 26, 2013 19:17:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Jul 26, 2013 19:09:34 GMT Maizetina said: Very nice, miss my mk3 Tina though. Cheers !!! I looked for a while what to buy ? mk1 mk2 escort vauxhall vx490 yank ? Decided on a mk3 cortina .. I Cant fault the lines of the car... Lovely Got her home then i started digging
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shedvan Part of things Posts: 166	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto shedvan @shedvan
	Jul 27, 2013 2:58:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Car Owners: Don't poke rust! Seriously though I love Cortina MK3s and the colour looks smashing, very jealous


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forde Part of things Posts: 377	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto forde @forde
	Jul 27, 2013 3:16:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	You from northern Ireland?
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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Jul 27, 2013 7:09:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Jul 27, 2013 2:58:38 GMT shedvan said: Car Owners: Don't poke rust! Seriously though I love Cortina MK3s and the colour looks smashing, very jealous Cheers!!! rust I just hate it so had to dig it out .Yes the colour I wanted an old colour like brown or gold but this is onix green well it was before it have a 5hit pint-job in the 80s
	Last Edit: Jul 27, 2013 7:10:56 GMT by TIB 3300 HATE RUST LOVE OLD CARS

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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Jul 27, 2013 7:12:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Jul 27, 2013 7:09:05 GMT TIB 3300 said: Jul 27, 2013 2:58:38 GMT shedvan said: Car Owners: Don't poke rust! Seriously though I love Cortina MK3s and the colour looks smashing, very jealous Cheers!!! rust I just hate it so had to dig it out .Yes the colour I wanted an old colour like brown or gold but this is onix green well it was before it have a 5hit pint-job in the 80s No Sheffield but i can see why you asked
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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Jul 27, 2013 7:16:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	The digging continued for quite some time
	Last Edit: Jul 27, 2013 7:18:26 GMT by TIB 3300 HATE RUST LOVE OLD CARS

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jiminwatford Posted a lot Posts: 2,603	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto jiminwatford @jiminwatford
	Jul 27, 2013 8:48:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hairy old Cortina? (sorry :


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trigger Posted a lot Posts: 3,388	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto trigger @trigger
	Jul 27, 2013 12:44:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That looked pretty bad! Luckily my arches are still rock solid but I'm still not going to poke anything, just in case!
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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Aug 4, 2013 6:51:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Anyhow over the past 5 years ive had a lot to do i do everything myself but don't always have the room so on the front of the house it must be
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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Aug 4, 2013 6:59:07 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I hired a ramp for a month off a friend . to get things moving I was finding hole's everywhere
	Last Edit: Aug 4, 2013 7:14:45 GMT by TIB 3300 HATE RUST LOVE OLD CARS

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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Aug 4, 2013 7:09:06 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Back at home the welding continued time flew that year and didn't really do much .so again I rented some space this time for 3 months I do remember it was bloody could that winter in there and dark
	Last Edit: Aug 4, 2013 7:16:28 GMT by TIB 3300 HATE RUST LOVE OLD CARS

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AtomicRooster Posted a lot Posts: 2,107	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto AtomicRooster @downandout
	Aug 4, 2013 10:19:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	This is superb! Love a mk3, and the colour is even better! If the price of fords hadnt gone silly id probably have bought one of these instead of anything else ive got at the moment. Keep it up, i know full well what welding silly places is like, its hard to keep going.
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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Aug 4, 2013 11:15:30 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 4, 2013 10:19:04 GMT AtomicRooster said: This is superb! Love a mk3, and the colour is even better! If the price of fords hadnt gone silly id probably have bought one of these instead of anything else ive got at the moment. Keep it up, I know full well what welding silly places is like, its hard to keep going. cheers I must admit at the time it dint feel superb every thing out of the way time to start rubadubing OOOOWWWWW !! Time for some paint Some green on
	Last Edit: Aug 4, 2013 11:21:45 GMT by TIB 3300 HATE RUST LOVE OLD CARS

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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Aug 4, 2013 11:32:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	front x member sand blast time then moving on to the drivers side new skin for the front door and a new gen ford rear door its now so its time to move on to the door shuts and that rear arch i did wrong. As i got a too bigger door gap and it would have driven me mad looking at it all the time i walk back to the car . so i chopped off the new sill i had put one last year and cut the arch to reline it :chain:
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projectquartz Part of things Posts: 422	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto projectquartz @projectquartz
	Aug 5, 2013 17:55:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Welldone sir, great work and determination! Charlie.


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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Aug 5, 2013 19:25:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 5, 2013 17:55:11 GMT projectquartz said: Welldone sir, great work and determination! Charlie. Thanks Charlie sometimes it got the better of me for a while
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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Aug 5, 2013 19:32:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	with the new front door skin fitted and the inside of the doors now painted its time to fit the new parts .along with the new gen ford front wing that was painted to stop any rusting The 1st thing that went wrongwas the front wing I had bought had some seface rust on it went for sand blasting . had to fill the whole wing from end to end I then chopped the rear wheel arch out again and lost the plot . left it ..................................................................... done :poo: I was out of time with the unit I had paid for She had been there for 3 months and I wanted it painted by the end of the three months !!! Posted Image so she had to come back home .. I couldn't face that side anymore it was annoying the fook out of me So back at home door skin again . and a little rust in the corner needed sorting
	Last Edit: Aug 5, 2013 19:43:27 GMT by TIB 3300 HATE RUST LOVE OLD CARS

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TIB 3300 Part of things Posts: 60	1972 Cortina Mk3 GXL Resto TIB 3300 @tib3300
	Aug 5, 2013 19:46:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	so I spent that afternoon sorting another problem had made for myself :poo: ..as this it the 1st car I have restored I am doing some things the wrong way round - .todays phuk up is the sill to door gap When I fitted the sill I fitted it to the old door which I had been plated at the bottom and now no! door gap at the bottom of the door where it meets the sill .: .So remember this before welding anything !!! check check and check again for fitmenet before any welding go's off . Posted Image Heres what I did to resolve the door gap- phew!- thought I was going to have to take the sill off and redo it :tears: For them rainy days
	Last Edit: Aug 5, 2013 19:50:30 GMT by TIB 3300 HATE RUST LOVE OLD CARS

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