been busy past few months

[dad 5]

decided to paint the boot as the car use to be gold and the previous owner didnt get the boot and engine bay painted.

 

painted it in smooth hamerite to add axtra protection as on cortinas the boot and filler neck area are well known for week points for rust.

 

 

 

 

 

[dad 5]

got some more done today so heres a pic of the boot filled back with crap now the paint has dried

 

lol

 

and the front shockers as you can see in the pic was .ged so they have been replaced aswell today

 

[dad 5]

done the ignition and changed it to electric.

 

1st i replaced the balest wire heres the old one (in grey)

 

 

and the new one in yellow

 

 

and the old points unit

 

 

and now the new unit

 

 

 

put an upgraded coil on aswel. The car woudlnt start at 1st at the timing was out with the new unit. so i need to say a big thank you to svrider who came round to our house and turned to distributer is i was turing the key. got it running and timed up (thanks sheffieldcortinacentre for checking it with your timing gun) could tell a difference straight away

Edited April 1, 2012 by dad

[dad 5]

and today serviced the rear brake shoes today ready for m.o.t one of the cylinders look half and half and then painted the rear inner arches which look tones better

 

before...

 

 

 

and after...

 

 

 

 

 

mainly done it for extra protection but looks tones better to look at as well.

[bill 0]

looking good,best of luck for MOT.

Edited April 1, 2012 by cortina1966

[Steve 5]

Looking very clean now ;)

[dad 5]

thank you for your kind words.

 

going to put the original seats back in next weekend. when my dad owned it he put some mk5 front seats in for better comfort but i want the originals in it to keep some of its originality.

[cortinax14 10]

Looks better now :thumbup:

 

Good luck with the MOT :thumbup:

[dad 5]

well the tina passed its test Friday with no adviser.

 

Replaced the front mk5 seats for the orinal ones on saturday and today sheffielcortina centre showed me and helped to repalce the valve stem rubbers. thanks pal :thumbup:

 

heres some pics

 

 

 

[dad 5]

not done a real lot to the car lately but the vacuum advance wasn't working so that has now been done thanks to criag who modified the brackets off one that he had spare and today nothing to special just fitted a black grill to the tina think it looks better then the chrome one??

 

before

 

 

after

 

 

[bugsntinas 29]

all them little touches make a huge difference :thumbup:

that craigs a helpful chap ain't he!

would like to sort my mk4 out but all i've done to her is

smash the screen :thumbdown:

[dad 5]

all them little touches make a huge difference :thumbup:

that craigs a helpful chap ain't he!

would like to sort my mk4 out but all i've done to her is

smash the screen :thumbdown:

 

 

im always grateful for craigs help lol hes taught me a lot with the tina. how did the manage to break your screen??

[FKLGLS 44]

That looks really smart. I like the way the matt black bumper and grille contrasts against the white paint. :winner: :winner:

[dad 5]

That looks really smart. I like the way the matt black bumper and grille contrasts against the white paint. :winner: :winner:

 

thanks pal. the bumpers are going to get powder caught-ed when it comes off of the road for winter think the previous owner just sprayed over the chrome and the black paint has started to flake off :thumbdown:

[bugsntinas 29]

im always grateful for craigs help lol hes taught me a lot with the tina. how did the manage to break your screen??

 

the boys were playing in a scrap fiesta we have.i needed to get their attention so i chucked a small stone at it,bounced off the windscreen and hit the 'tina.DOH!!didn't realise til the following day,tried to blame them but they were having none of it :rolleyes: