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Thought I'd put a couple of photos on of my dads F-reg Cortina on its first voyage into daylight since 1990, the garage was built around the car, my dad intended to restore it as a young man but the price of a front panel put a stop to the job, then subsequent divorces and enough children to make a football team have kept the car hidden for the next 29 years. We spent a rainy Sunday hanging the doors, bonnet and boot-lid ready for its trip to France in a few weeks time. Pics to follow... |
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The car hasn't really got any worse in the last 29 years, there is a lot of work to do, somebody in the past has welded on some horrible cover cills badly, the door bottoms are rotten and the front panel is missing but he has a pair of wings and a shed load of NOS parts bought in the early 90s and dry-stored since. I cant remember the mileage exactly but it's less than 20,000 miles. I'll get some more photos later and post some photos of the car before we extracted it, they look pretty horrific and its hard to tell there is even a car there let alone identify the make and model.
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Lovely!
I do like a we dug it out, fixed it and buggered off foreign in it, stories!
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It's looking well for its age!
What happened to the front end?
Will the Cortina be restored to standard or do you and your father have plans for it?
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1966 Ford Cortina GT
2018 Ford Fiesta ST
Full time engineer, part time waffler on Youtube - see Jim_Builds
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Oct 14, 2019 10:04:06 GMT
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This will be a nice project to follow.
The most expensive parts from the front are missing or are they in the car?
What else came with the car engine box?
Please keep the updates and pictures coming.
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Oct 14, 2019 10:43:13 GMT
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The front panel had rotted, dad had a go at making a repair panel however it was too difficult to get the curves right, the front panel is the only part missing and like Pete said, they are the most expensive part.
The engine and box are with the car but will need re-building having had mice living in the manifold and being stood for 29 years.
The car will be put back to standard in its original (I think) Purbeck Grey.
Dad has accumulated a lot of parts over the years which will be sold to hopefully fund a new front panel, I sold a full original interior for a MK1 GT a few months ago for £200 and only after found out that I should've sold it for at least double but you live and learn, there are a few Anglia bits, a Capri gear box, various metro and spitfire parts that when sold will go towards buying the panel.
£700 just for the front panel skin from ex-pressed makes it an expensive hobby though, also looking at the ex-pressed quality issues Grumpy had with Pete's Corsair it makes giving them £700 all the more gripping.
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Oct 14, 2019 10:45:32 GMT
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Good to see another Cortina on here. As well as sitting in a garage for 29 years, it must have sat somewhere for a while before being registered as the Mk2 came out in 1966. With a bit of luck you can cut the cover sills off and the originals underneath will be salvageable. Interested in your progress
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Oct 14, 2019 10:50:29 GMT
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 One of the before photos, still in its long term resting place but getting ready for removal. |
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