1972 V8 Mk3 Cortina Van

Surely leaving out the painting stage of a car is only going to save you about ten minutes at your working speed! ;D ;D

Is there any original metal still left on this car? ;D
Its getting closer, its gonna be brilliant.

got a good bit of work done over the last 2 days most of the welding on the underside finished just a couple of bits left before its ready to paint the underside and interior would have got those done aswell but ran out of gas :rolleyes:
rear floor





seat runner mounts and front floor pans



also karen painted up the rear axle B)

and i cleaned the engine and box i couldn't belive how dirty it had got couple of pics
this one give an idea why the bonnet scoop needs to be so big B)

the under side is now done and the front valence now clears the bottom of the rad engine bay will be painted next weekend then on to the inside then its prep and paint time

engine bay now painted



anyone wanna play flip the colour

engine will be going back in this weekend then once its back on 4 wheels its bodywork time :blink: :rolleyes: B)

OOOOOOffffage. For that grape colour.

Very nice. I might have asked before but what kind of paint do you use.

engines back in



sorry forgot the camera (phone pics )

nah it wasn't to bad as i was down the workshop on me own. i fitted the engine on the crossmember first then wheeled it under and lowered the car down onto it