198? Cortina Mk5 2 door

[darren lewis]

bought it back last sunday, looked like this, still had the hand controls in it, one owner from new

got it home at 5.30 sunday night and started work


2 hours later it looked like this

[darren lewis]

another hour later it looked like this



this is going to a mate to build a car so his wife can learn to drive

[darren lewis]

car is solid apart from the A panels are toast so they got cleaned up and all the bad metal cut away, templates made and welded in the n/s







n/s finished, just need to seal it all and black wax the inner wing

[darren lewis]

cleaned, checked and rewrapped under bonnet loom
before

after


old dashboard removed


donated by a friend, RS2000 grafted in with my original speedo

[darren lewis]

under bonnet cleaned and started to rub down

[qwerty]

Wow brilliant progress!! Gunna be cool.

[reanimation]

Impressive progress! Neat work with the clocks, are they a direct fit off Escorts?

[grizz]

Bloody heck mate.... you do not slow down much do you ??

Looked scary to start with.... but clearly you are in charge.

Well done.

[Butterz]

Sorry I blinked, Can you start again?

[darren lewis]

not a direct fit mate but pretty easy

[evilged]

hi darren, don't forget the hand controls, i have a good use for them. btw serious not hanging around by you sir! good skills

[darren lewis]

cheers ged, sned me your address mate and i will post them

[Autofive]

looking good Darren

got a deadline?

[popuptoaster]

mmmm, do love a 2 door

[darren lewis]

just want it in paint for christmas john, all other work by novenber mate

[darren lewis]

o/s nearly finished but ran out of wire



so i got on with marking out and cutting the bonnet

[evilged]

liking the bonnet, bit savage-y

[darren lewis]

oh yes ged, its my homage to mr uren, if he did a 2 door mk5 i believe he would have used the carbed cologne and done a similar thing as this, ala mk3 savage, bonnet

[reanimation]

Yeah, bonnet gets my vote, will work very well with the square shape of these.

[darren lewis]

cheers guys, bit more done tonight, tank removed


cleaned and welded this plate in


then found this after some poking around


cleaned up and welded plates in


thats all the structural welding done now, stated to make some templates for the bonnet infills