Category: Parts
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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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The last couple of weeks have seen the roof stripped back and more parts being collected. I got all my parts back from powder coating and they look awesome. Most are still wrapped up but I got a few out to admire them.
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Picked up a box of parts that I had re-plated this afternoon. Some of the pieces look like new! Pretty happy and for what it cost I reckon it’s one of the easiest and cheapest ways to spruce up an old car.
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Not much work on the car this weekend but I did take some time to sort through a load of parts that arrived from the Cortina Owners Club last week. The owners club in the UK are awesome and with the solid exchange rate at the moment (thank you Brexit), buying parts from them is…
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This afternoon I prepared a load of parts to be taken to the powder coater. I already took one load of interior parts a few months back and have been collecting all the rest of the parts to be cleaned and powder coated. I have a small sandblasting cabinet at home so I can do…
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The more I thought about all the things I wanted to do to the car, the more I decided that the best plan of attack would be to go all in on a full ground up nut and bolt restoration. The goal being to end up with basically a brand new Mk1 Cortina GT, just…
Greg's Cortina Mk1 GT Build 