Gareth62 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Just like to say hi, My names Gareth I should have joined years ago. I'm a member of Buy sell Cortina and MTOC (Mark Three Owners Club) So by now you know what my car is ............ A Mk3 Cortina Estate. She's currently undergoing a massive restoration the members of MTOC have called her Flawless (Floor less ) Below are some photos of her I will do a full intro and write up of the work done on her to date 3
Admin Vista Posted January 3, 2016 Admin Report Posted January 3, 2016 Welcome to OSF, that's a significant amount of work you're doing!
Herr Doktor Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Welcome to the site. You'll find a host of "bright sparks" here
mk2 mike Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Welcome Gareth. Not many of those around now. Looking good!
Gareth62 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Posted January 3, 2016 Welcome to OSF, that's a significant amount of work you're doing! Yep I've been on her for around 3 years so far
Gareth62 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Posted January 3, 2016 Welcome Gareth. Not many of those around now. Looking good! I believe she's the last in the country of her kind, she was a special order vehicle so the body is slightly different with different mounts underneath to a standard Cortina as she was fitted with a bench seat in the front, and a dash handbrake. As far as I have found out there where 4 saloon cars left with bench seats one now scrapped and gone one standing in a garden rotting away, one in storage awaiting renovation and one in Ireland on the road, but have yet to hear of an estate, to have survived the years.
guido Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 o my goodness, whats left of it. A shame such classic's have gone. To many scrapped in those banger nonsens 1
Gareth62 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Posted January 3, 2016 She's coming on well, but I've hit a brick wall Had bought a new wheel housing for the nearside cut all mine out to find the new one I had picked up was for a Mk5 not Mk3 the guy who sold it to me had put some masking tape over the ford part number and wrote mk 3 on it After doing the other side and that just dropped in couldn't work out why it was being a pig to fit till I pulled the tape off So now looking out for a new wheel tub only took 3 years to find the last 1
Gareth62 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Posted January 3, 2016 She will be as close to stock as I can get her, the only things I can't make my mind up on is the interior door panels and twin or single lights she had L trim when new but for the passed 30 yrs has had GXL door panels inside. And I have some twin lights and a grill in the garage somewhere. I'm definitely keeping the bench seat and dash handbrake said this from day one.... I know what she looked like as new because I can remember my dad picking it up brand new 44 years ago......
khanlad Posted January 3, 2016 Report Posted January 3, 2016 Welcome to osf, looking good, do you have most of the bits or getting as you go along?
Gareth62 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Posted January 3, 2016 Welcome to osf, looking good, do you have most of the bits or getting as you go along? Have been finding them or making them as I've gone along the only panel I could do with picking up is the rear slam/catch/loading panel for the rear and now once more this wheel tub I have been very lucky so far and all panels have been OE / NOS and have all fitted well. 1
colr6 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Posted January 4, 2016 Welcome to OSF, that's hell of a resto your doing. Keep it up looks good. That machine your using in one of your pics does it roll the edges aswell as joggling them?
Gareth62 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Posted January 4, 2016 Welcome to OSF, that's hell of a resto your doing. Keep it up looks good. That machine your using in one of your pics does it roll the edges aswell as joggling them? Welcome to OSF, that's hell of a resto your doing. Keep it up looks good. That machine your using in one of your pics does it roll the edges aswell as joggling them? It's a bead roller it can joggle them deep enough so as to make them easy to fold over, has lots of different dies for different pattens was only about a £100 on eBay 1
Gareth62 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Posted January 4, 2016 Welcome to OSF! Another Mk3 Cortina! Hi Danish Have seen you around on BSC and MTOC
BaileyMex Posted January 6, 2016 Report Posted January 6, 2016 Welcome to OSF hats off to you for the resto Plenty of cut knuckles and late nights I should imagine!!!
Gareth62 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Posted January 6, 2016 Not spilt much of the red stuff to date 1
luckyjim Posted January 7, 2016 Report Posted January 7, 2016 Welcome gareth.great work you are doing to the car.but of course its so much more than a car.its a family heirloom.Your dad must have loved it to keep it so long as must you have done too.well done mate.
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