Back in a classic ford - its been a while...

[Hunter T]

Hi all

Finally after about 5 years I am embarking on a new classic ford project in the shape of a 64 plate mk1 cortina.  So not a new user as such but looking forward to getting back in to things.  The car is shabby but solid enough and I cant afford to paint it! About to undergo a lot of new mechanics and an ST170 transplant however so it should be fun

looking forward to catching up and getting back to some meets that I havent been to in a long time

All the best

James

[Xp197777]

Welcome back james

[Vista]

Haven't seen that green mk1 Sig in a while. Welcome back 

[BaileyMex]

Another of us returns, I was away for a while.

Welcome back.

And the Tina looks good 👍🏻

[Hunter T]

33 minutes ago, BaileyMex said:

Another of us returns, I was away for a while.

Welcome back.

And the Tina looks good 👍🏻

Thanks!

Missed old fords too much. Hoping to get the Tina on the road by the end of the summer if I can. Lots to do 🤦🏻‍♂️

[chinkamon]

Welcome back James, looking forward to the build thread on this👍

[notenoughtime]

Welcome back James nice looking pre airflow there, look forward to seeing a build thread 

I do miss my old Mk1 cortina 

Edited May 16, 2021 by notenoughtime

[Painterman]

My first car was a mk1 gt in 1974 i love them id sell my mex for a mint one any day of the week.welcome back look forward to watching the progress

[woz1976]

Personally, I think the paintwork looks cool as it is. Awesome looking Cortina. 

[notenoughtime]

26 minutes ago, woz1976 said:

Personally, I think the paintwork looks cool as it is. Awesome looking Cortina. 

I think there is to much pressure on people to restore these cars to make them look A1 when they should be as is 

[notenoughtime]

Apart from wheel choice as think the white ones don’t suit it it’s cool as f**k

[Hunter T]

thanks for all the comments 😎

The wheels will be going silver for sure!  The red/pink/maroon paint will be staying - it’s an original Monaco red paint code car so I want to retain that. 
 

I’ll be painting the engine bay before the lump goes in but that’s it for now. 
 

time to pull my finger out and get a build thread started 👍🏻 

[notenoughtime]

Can’t wait to see a build thread on this 

[BIG G]

Looks great this James, 

Cheers Gordy