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cortina 1600E restoration

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Watching this one with great interest, amazing how what looked like a good car can need so much. Keep the pics coming Stu :thumbup:

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well.... ive had my summer hols and now back to work,

 

removed the inner wing this week,exposing the usual rot at the top of the bulk head,so before the new inner wing can go on,heres a few pics of the work and repairs,

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That's looking really good, what do you use to dress your welds back flush, I'm giving my GT a tidy up and at some point in its life the B posts were drilled for seat belts that were bolted straight through, I have found a piece of bar that fills the hole niceley, have put a chamfer on the end and given it full blast with my mig welder, thanks in advance for any advise. :thumbup:

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Hi Stu, thanks for sharing the pics with us.

I also would like to know what steps and tools you use to get that finish after welding.

Do you use a mig for your welding?

Maybe you could do a separate thread showing us all the basics of the right way to do a rust repair without it looking like a rust repair?

 

Regards, Matthew.

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Nice work Stu. Where did you get the repair section for the top of the bulkhead? Was is a section of a genuine panel?

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