Greg's Cortina Mk1 GT Build

Restoring a 1966 Ford Cortina Mk1 GT

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  • Painting Jack & Brake Drums

    Painting Jack & Brake Drums

    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…

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  • Chrome

    Chrome

    All my shiny bits arrived back from A Class Metal Finishers in South Australia today. They are one of the only places that you can still get die cast pieces re chromed and everything looks beautiful. I have also include some before photos.

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  • Trim

    I had my trim repaired and polished by Jarrod at Concourse Moulding a few months ago. There are a few images posted on his Facebook page if anyone is interested in checking out his work: Concourse Moulding

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  • Window washer & more body prep

    Window washer & more body prep

    Been working on some smaller jobs the past few weeks. This weekend it was fashioning an original washer pump to take a switch so that I could run an electric pump. The idea being that it looks like the original washer pump but it will actually work. I bought a lucas push button switch and…

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  • Bits and Pieces

    Bits and Pieces

    Finally getting back into the car after being a bit under the weather for a few weeks. This weekend I finished paint stripping the driver’s side. All I have left now is the front and rear panels and a tidy up underneath to remove the stone chip in the wheel wells and then the shell…

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  • Steering Wheel & Ball Joints

    Steering Wheel & Ball Joints

    Finally got back to the car after a few health issues put me back a few weeks. Over the last couple of months I have been restoring my original steering wheel and today I finished painting it. Unfortunately there was one small blemish that showed up in the final coat but at this stage it…

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  • Gearbox & Diff Rebuild

    Gearbox & Diff Rebuild

    I had my gearbox and diff rebuilt by Shaun at Classic Automobilia and Shaun was thoughtful enough to take photos of his work. For the gearbox Shaun dismantled and cleaned everything, then picked up a new layshaft and bearings while he was on a personal trip to UK. Everything was then reassembled and primed up…

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  • Trolley

    Trolley

    With the help of my father and brother-in-law Peter, I made up a couple of trolley rigs so that the car can be moved around when it’s off the rotisserie. The front bolts up the chassis rails and the rear will bolt straight onto the leaf springs.

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  • Seats

    Seats

    Picked up my front seats from the powdercoater this week and they look awesome. Vinny did an excellent job, it’s almost a shame that they will be mostly covered.

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  • Seat Belts

    Seat Belts

    With my car being a late 66 model, the seat belts are the iconic Ford belts of the era that were found in all the Fords of that time including the Falcons. Rather than replace them with modern seat belts I sent them to Seatbelt Solutions to restore them. I also purchased another two matching…

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