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shaunmza
Build-It
Sunday, January 21, 2024 3:11 PM
Cleaning up the rust from the inner sill
After a lot of work the bottom of the sill now resembles a somewhat straight line and has a relatively consistent curve front to back. A bit more cleanup before I weld the back in. #cortina #rustrepair
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shaunmza
Build-It
Saturday, January 20, 2024 6:17 PM
Starting work on the rusty inner sill
I was working too much to take pictures as I progressed, so here are the after shots. Rusted piece cut out with spot welds drilled as well. Cardboard template and then the metal piece that needs more fitting
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shaunmza
Build-It
Friday, January 19, 2024 7:17 PM
Replacing part of a rusty sill
Starting on the outer sill which looked like swiss cheese when lit from behind, I tried to cut out the cut a patch large enough to replace all of the worst metal. This was welded in and the welds ground
$ 1.058
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shaunmza
Build-It
Thursday, January 18, 2024 8:12 PM
Replacing a rusty hole
After and before, rust repairs on the #fordcortina ( #fordp100 ) for the UK folk, made a template from some cardboard, cut out a piece of sheet metal. Bent it on my homemade #metalbrake and started hammering
$ 1.222
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shaunmza
Build-It
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 5:24 PM
Fender repair part 2, bending and shaping and welding
Continuing with the #rustrepair on the #fordcortina, the plate with a very straight edge went through the steps of fit, hammer to shape and so on until it matched the curves close enough. The rusted portion
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shaunmza
Build-It
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 8:44 PM
Starting on rust repairs
Originally posted on facebook on August 9 2022 Cutting rust out of the muguard/fender of the #cortina and fixing the valance which had been cut up to fit spotlights or something 🙁 Left and right are not
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shaunmza
Build-It
Monday, August 7, 2023 9:03 PM
Engine and gearbox out
Originally posted in 15 April 2022 on Facebook Engine looking splendid, gearbox in pieces and some rusty bits tackled. Waiting on rubber bushes to put the front subframe back, then it can be on 4 wheels
$ 0.960
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shaunmza
DIY
Sunday, August 6, 2023 8:32 PM
New project car - Ford Cortina (P100) LDV/Bakkie
Ford cortina shortly after it was delivered
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