1967 Ford Corsair V4 - Restoration: Delivered

Jim

Someone I know has a Mk1 and is in the owners club he ordered it for me along with a couple of other parts when he placed an order as you have to be a club member to order there parts .

Once I have the car back if it turns out I cannot use it I will let you know, no I know you need one.

Jim - Door seals will be fitted by Pete has he is doing the fitting up - well 85% of it anyway - you need to use a high temperature resistant glue for the door seals - has you do for any interior trim - use just any old glue at your peril - has soon has the car gets warm everything will just literally fall off - this is what I recommend / use for the trim adhesive

www.martrim.co.uk/car-trimming-supplies/glues-and-adhesives.php

Use the high temp spread glue in the white tin for loose trims / rubbers & the contact adhesive aerosol with the blue label for larger areas


Fuel tank kit came from here

www.frost.co.uk/auto-maintenance/automotive-tanks-products/fuel-tank-repair/por15-basic-big-fuel-car-tank-repair-sealer-kit.html

Chris

Jim - I'm in the same boat - I don't have a lot of room in the workshop - so I fit any loose panels to the bodyshell once they are painted - Its pretty straight forward with the doors fitted to fit the rubbers - Pete wont be taking the doors off to fit the rubbers on the Corsair

The bitumen stuff.
Typically how much do you use?
Thanks

Remaining loose panels clear coated











Left for a few hours to go tack free

Then on with this



This is the original headlining



And it's dead



New headlining ordered by Pete from Aldridge Trimming whom until today I rated has one of the top vehicle trimmers in the country - I no longer do now



The material is has per original - a cloth backed vinyl - so why the hell have they folded it up rather than supply it rolled - Utter Numpties



This is going to create no end of additional work



I gave the support hoops a quick clean up



Ford had a colour coded system for the hoops



Initial fit - dreadful



I worked around it stretching has required then clamping



Note the card protection to prevent the clamps digging into the headlining or paint



Slightly less dreadful - idea being is to leave it under tension overnight then have another go at it tomorrow - the majority of the problem being the crease marks from where it was folded - this is just pure sloppy laziness on the part of supplier - had they supplied the headlining rolled it would have been far easier - To**ers



Took a look at the rear roof pillar trims which are covered in the same material



Metal panel with sponge scrim that the material is formed around



Tell tale signs that the rear windscreen has been leaking then



Surface rust removed and a few coats of etching primer applied - I will face with a sponge scrim tomorrow prior to recovering them in the fabric

More tomorrow

time , gravity and an amount of stretching on the headlining chris , or add in a gentle application of steam?

presumably brains were in balls when healiner was produced/dispatched!!

I had an Aldridge lining too. Same problem, folded flat, the stitching wasn't 100% even either, but by then I've got a bloke on site trying to fit it. He persevered but still had a crease which we couldn't get out, no matter how we stretched it due to the line of stitching being slightly out of position. As I'd already had a falling out with them over the door cards which weren't all that either, I really couldn't be bothered to go through all the aggro again. The only thing in their favour was the sun visors they did were spot on, clean plastic seam welded around the edges just like the originals. But their customer service is pretty dire for the prices they charge. Problem is for Corsair stuff they are or were until recently the only "go to" place. I see EKT are now selling headlinings, but I have no idea on the quality of those. In the past it was another company I wouldn't use, but gather they have a new manager at the helm.

Pics of the door cards of the trim lifting as they arrived out of the packaging. Refused initially to sort it out until I pointed out I'd paid by credit card.

another good "threat" these days is social media...details of poor quality and service can be in front of massive amounts of potential lost customers with a few tappety-taps of keys and the click of a mouse!! don't bother with trading standards....they are a waste of time!!

Bought a Aldridge head liner 20 odd years back it was so long I could have done the boot as well with it. They told me that was the measurements given to them by the Club which was curse word. They sent me another the right size and fitted ok. Bought another couple of years back for my present Corsair and one panel near the back was too long. The quick solution was to redrill the hole further back in the roof to get the tension and all then worked and I am pretty pleased with the result.Couple of small creases were removed by injecting them with a syringe of water then gently warming within seconds they vanished