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Reinforcement panel stripped, blasted and acid treated. I added a small angle to bonnet catch area as it felt a little soft, not a place you want to fail.

Did not bother to completely linish the welds on the underside.

After this i fully welded in the patch to the bonnets edge and painted undersides of both the skin and panel.

 

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Next i welded the panel to the bonnet and prepared it for epoxy primer.

I did a quick test fit with the front aluminium strip after welding, should be ok.

 

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Primed, I will let this cure for a day or two before installing it.

I opted to glue the rear edge of the reinforcing panel after coating (mostly because i forgot to buy some). Does not need to be fully glued, only enough to stop any rattles. 

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Went to MOT my daily hack, failed due to corrosion on sill ends and surround of boot air outlet flap plus three burnt out bulbs (figures that the only time i do not check the lights beforehand..) Fair enough, joys of driving around on a 20 year old car.

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I did quick MOT bodge patches and changed out the burnt bulbs and got it to pass. Was kind of an liberating experience after the precision work on the Cortina.

Should last a year or two but i really need to start consider getting a new ride.

 

Back to Cortina;

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I blasted and primed the hinges,

 

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And couple other parts whilst i had everything setup.

 

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And threw on the bonnet. Not yet gapped but one more step closer to finish.

That's it for this vacation, not all i wanted to accomplish but nothing to sneeze at either. I will take rest of the weekend off to relax some and continue with little stuff after getting back on the swing of things.

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Fantastic work and all being done to such a high standard!

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12 hours ago, nascar66 said:

Fantastic work and all being done to such a high standard!

Same as nascar66.

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21 hours ago, nascar66 said:

Fantastic work and all being done to such a high standard!

 

9 hours ago, GhiaMk4/5 said:

Same as nascar66.

Thank you! :thumbsup:

 

Still loads to do before winter comes. First thing that pops to my mind is to find a better wing for the drivers side. One i have could be repaired but it would save me a lot of time to get a better one, difficult to find but surely not impossible.

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Did not get much done during the week being too spent after work. Saturday was mostly lost because i had to help my brother out due to his T25 Avensis failing it's MOT. RH side lower control arm had a rust hole on it, common fault on those i believe. Simple enough to fix but a hoist would of been nice to have..

 

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Got the bonnet and boot lids reinforcements glued on the areas where there was none,

 

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and on the same go i glued back together the rubber strip that goes on the chassis below the bonnets rear edge (not present on series 2 cars).

 

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I used my favourite 2 pack industrial strength glue on these. Sticks to anything and remains a little flexible. Not cheap if bought, got mine for free since it was little past it's use by date.

Also did some little stuff here and there, though nothing to write home about.

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Again regrettably little progress on the car :sad: Just have not gotten the time nor energy.  I will be away on a work trip in Mainz (near Frankfurt) for most of the next week so no chance then either. Only been doing some little stuff again, here's a wee sample of such since it's shiny and i like shiny;

 

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Bought me one of those reproduction wing badges, not too bad though the blue is a couple shades too light (camera lies a little, not this light in the flesh). Shape and size seem to be ok from what i tell by comparing to pics on the net. This was one of the few parts that was outright missing in my car.

 

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Of course it had a different hole pattern than the original..

 

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But that did not matter because i had not yet drilled holes for it (Goes to the other wing for you guys). Hole spacing for this was 46mm with Ø of 4.5mm.

Obviously wing needs "a bit" more work done on it but every little thing forwards helps.

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I've never seen one of those badges before. My car doesn't have one. It looks good though. 

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2 hours ago, nascar66 said:

I've never seen one of those badges before. My car doesn't have one. It looks good though. 

 

These were only on series 1 cars, Lotuses had them on both wings. I do not know if all the trim levels had these installed, but they were definitely dropped with the series 2.

Though series 2 did get Ford badges added to the sill plates instead.

 

..and i'll go hang off my anorak now:biggrin:

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11 hours ago, LagoonBlue said:

 

These were only on series 1 cars, Lotuses had them on both wings. I do not know if all the trim levels had these installed, but they were definitely dropped with the series 2.

Though series 2 did get Ford badges added to the sill plates instead.

 

..and i'll go hang off my anorak now:biggrin:

I see. Mine is a series 2. Shame they dropped them!

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Mainz was nice but good to be back home!

 

First thing i did after i returned was to change the wheels on my jig.

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I was tired of the previous tires going flat all the time and these will allow me to push the shell sideways in the garage more easily. On the garage floors the new wheels work really good.

 

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Then i hung the bonnet up with a ratchet strap and rigged one of those new LED ceiling lamps with bungee cords.  I modified lamp into a work light by fitting a flex and plug on it, later if needed i will cobble together a stand for it.

 

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Smearing on first blotches of the fabled restoration paste.. I am rubbish at using bog but all the more reason to do it and learn.

 

 

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With the quality work you have done I can't imagine you would need very much of that filler. 

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On 9/9/2019 at 3:28 PM, nascar66 said:

With the quality work you have done I can't imagine you would need very much of that filler. 

 

Thank you! Though i am fairly sure i will go through a tub or two (or three, four..) of the stuff. I also still have small areas on the body shell that need to be worked over with hammer and dolly. Not ideal since it's been painted now but i could not postpone the painting any further back then. Will have to touch up the epoxy where needed, not a big deal.

 

And talking of hammer and dolly;

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I gathered these tools,

 

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and refaced my (cheap) hammers and dollies. If not cared for they will turn into a stamp and die set :biggrin:

Sadly that and couple hours worth of work on the wings was all i could muster up this week.

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I sand blasted couple parts small enough to fit in my blasting cabinet;

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I have already sorted a later series 2 type heater box with plastic housing but after that i came across this correct metal one that will be going in the car.

It's a bit colder now so better for the compressors, not so good for the painting though.

 

And a small side project related to Cortina (if i did not have enough already..). i found this cobblers sewing machine that someone had chucked in a skip;

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According to the serial number it is a Singer 29K1 made in January/june 1911(!) in Clydebank Scotland.

 

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Casting had cracked in one spot but i did a quick fix on it. Brazing would of been better but this should work for now. Thread tensions need to be set and it's a bit worn in places but for the price (of nought) no complaints from me.

And if you are wondering what this has got to do with Cortina it has more than enough capacity to sew piping on the boot mat that i made a while back.

 

Might be sometime before i have the chance to do any meaningful work on the car, hope you will understand.

 

 

In memoriam

Grandma

26.1.1926-29.9.2019

 

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