Cortina Mk 1 GT 2 Door Rebuild

[nzgt 39]

Hi all link to my Mk 1 GT 2 Door Rebuild. http://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/51831-tims-1966-cortina-gt-2-door/&page=2#comment-1844438

[mr Costin 56]

Looks great! Keep up the good work!

[nzgt 39]

After a whole lot of issues my 2 Door GT resto is back underway going great guns. Plan is to have the bodywork finished March 2018. When I bought the car about 2 years ago it was complete but hadn’t been on the road for a few years. It’s a factory 66 Dragoon Red car with black trim. It all looked pretty straight until the paint was removed from the engine bay and it’s had a hit in the front at some stage and a bodge 70-80,s repair done on both front chassi rails plus the firewall was creased as well as can be seen in the pics. I found an original virtually rust free 4 Door 1200 which we cut up for the front end and the floor and boot went into another 2 Door Mk 1. I secured 2 NOS chassi rails and the inner guards off the one we cut up and it’s all back together now. One thing of interest if anyone can help me with is when we stripped the paint off the right side inner front guard the chassi number was stamped adjacent to the top strut mount. I’m not sure if this was factory or not.

[Lotuscops 73]

..... One thing of interest if anyone can help me with is when we stripped the paint off the right side inner front guard the chassi number was stamped adjacent to the top strut mount. I’m not sure if this was factory or not.

Yes that's factory but rarely exists after years of rusting.

[nzgt 39]

Thanks Keith.

[drutin 10]

its in nz not uk, rust what is this thing called rust :P lol

 

yeah my nz cortina had it engraved on right strut tower too

musta been on the whiskey too lol

 

 

just off to read your thread on oldschool.co.nz :D

Edited December 31, 2017 by drutin

[fiestachaser 7]

Wow! That's a quality build.

It's going to look spectacular.

Keep the updates coming!

[nzgt 39]

Does anybody know what silver the original Mk 1 GT Air Cleaner housing is. Was it a satin or gloss finish? Thanks in advance for any info. Cheers Tim

[COLIN RNK 2]

great job ill be watching this one , not fond of dragoon red myself it will look great in Monaco red just a thought ,as for the air filter we use a merc colour for the wheels and the air filter code is 744 I think your find thats close .

Edited January 5, 2018 by COLIN RNK

[nzgt 39]

great job ill be watching this one , not fond of dragoon red myself it will look great in Monaco red just a thought ,as for the air filter we use a merc colour for the wheels and the air filter code is 744 I think your find thats close .

 

Thanks Colin. I have been thinking the same about the Dragoon Red as it’s quite a dark red. I seen one you did online which I recall in Monaco Red and it looked stunning.

[nzgt 39]

Another update with the front pretty well completed its on to rear to pop the rear quarters off to check they are all clean and then the rear tail light panel. Does anyone know of a NOS tail light panel they would be willing to sell? Updated pics in the link

Edited January 11, 2018 by nzgt

[nzgt 39]

Another update starting to get the front guards and panel fitted ready for final welding. Updated pics in the link at the top of the page

[nzgt 39]

Left front guard pretty well ready to go back on.

[nzgt 39]

Went to have a look at the Cortina today and more good progress. Front end all fitted off ready for final gapping and welding. Rear quarters removed for dipping and the whole lot very clean underneath so well impressed. RHS boot floor needs a replacement section and then its mount the body on the rotisserie for blasting before final rear panel fit off.

[nzgt 39]

Removed the boot floor for repairs and found the rear chassi rails with a bit of rust so one side has been repaired and the other side getting done now. Im going out to look at it this weekend so will post some more pics then