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it doesn't upset me at all, any old ford rescued from a scrapper is fine by me, keep us updated on the progress won't you, good luck mate, ian.

thanks for the kind words, I also made all the repair panels for my Anglia. sills, floors, flitch panels etc,and machined loads of parts like the type 9 to Anglia bellhousing adaptor, caliper brackets,etc etc. I work in stainless when it's practical to do so. I love metalwork, but wouldn't want to do it for a living! cheers, ian.

here is the new gearbox crossmember for my anglia ( type 9 )fabricated by myself from 40mm stainless square tube, all tig welded. cheers, ian.

hi mate, if you are changing the studs anyway, it's just as easy to fit the m12 studs and then use the correct ford nuts ( often known as ghia nuts ) the only problem you may have is to enlarge the hole in the hub slightly, this can be done by hand with a hand reamer of the correct size in a tap wrench, all available reasonably cheaply on ebay. cheers, ian.

I used to swear by waxoyl, but have found like everything else these days it has gone down hill badly, I have just finished rebuilding and painting the shell of my Anglia and have given the whole thing a treatment with dinitrol, I bought a 3 can kit with the applicator gun for under 50 quid and I can't recommend it highly enough. just don't apply any wax treatments until you have finished painting. cheers, ian.

hi mate, i did mine a few months ago for my anglia project, i welded mine top and bottom, but tigged them so there isn't as much weld to stop the collars being unscrewed, if you don't weld yours top and bottom be sure to seam seal the top before you paint to stop water getting down between the sleeve and strut body.if you do mig it mask the sleeve well beforehand to stop spatter ruining the threads. best of luck, ian.

hi mate, i can do this for you no problem, i will need the tyres off though, i have a big lathe, and recently did similar work to my own wheels ( skimmed the faces, bored the centres and made new caps ) i even made a 4 stud fixture so the wheels can be bolted up rather than chucked. i am in wallington, give me a call if you are interested during the daytime, price would be about 50 quid, can do them almost anytime. cheers ian, 07710 187823.

hi, BY is glacier blue for 1962 to 1966 from what i can see. hope this helps, ian.

hi all, i've not been on here for what seems like ages ( and it is! ) i am building an anglia, but for the last few years i have been trying to find out what became of a cortina i used to own, it is a 63 mark 1, reg 526 fxt, when i owned it it was blue with a white roof, i bought it from, and later sold it back to ron harris, so i am hopeful it is still around the south london surrey area. i would love to own it again, but just to see it again would be great. i did have loads of photos of the car but cannot locate them now, i ran it with a 1700 pre crossflow made from a milled down 711m block with a pre crossflow head and 40's( i worked at sutton rebore at the time so machining was free!) ron helped me set it up and it flew! from the dvla i found it was sorned for about 10 years but it has been taxed now so hopefully someone is enjoying it. if anyone know where this car is please let me know, it would be great to just see it in the flesh! cheers, ian quarterman.

hi all, just joined the forum, having returned to old fords after many years, i have bought myself a rusty 105e, most would probably scrap it, but i am into welding and fabrication etc so i am rebuilding the shell and aim to fit a tuned pre crossflow to make an old school ride. i have noticed one of my old cars on here ( mk1 v8 granada ) and who knows i may find more! i have been trying to trace another of my old cars, a blue mk1 cortina reg 526 fxt if anyone knows it. anyway, cheers for now, ian.