Greg's Cortina Mk1 GT Build

Quiet couple of past weekends. I sandblasted my original jack and a couple of ratchets that I purchased from the UK as my original ratchet wasn’t working. They are a bit shorter than the Australian ratchet, but other than that are identical. I painted them grey but aren’t happy with the colour so will try and find a colour that more closely matches the original which was kind of a bluey grey. I also gave my rear drums a coat of silver high temp paint. The drums have been machined and were buffed by Parramatta Brake & Clutch. There is some original paint still on them which indicates that they were black, but because I’m planning on running Superlites I thought that silver might disappear better. If I don’t like them it’s a pretty easy change to hit them with a coat of black in the future. I also decided that I wasn’t happy with the paint on my steering wheel so I rubbed it back in 1200 wet and dry and have hit it with another few coats. It looks much better this time so I’ll let it harden, give it a light rub back with 1200 and clear it.

The jack was disassembled and sandblasted

Jack ready for priming

Two original ratchets

Jack primed

Ratchets primed

I’m not entirely sure if this is original but I know they were black

Jack painted grey. Not happy with the colour or how the paint went on so will be sanding back and painting a different colour

Ratchets painted grey

Rear drums painted in silver high temp paint. Originally these were black but I’m trying silver to see if they look better under the superlites.