It’d be nice if you can get this finished for next summer , in time for its 15th birthday. You’ll be able to celebrate when we’re all celebrating the Silver Jubilee. Maybe respray it in Silver, that will be the colour of 1977, after all. Yes I want to enjoy the summer next year not sure about silve...

So another little update on progress with the photos getting more and more like a Hammer House of Horror production :shock: So did i say there were a few holes here and there? :roll: I am grinding back and loosing the metal but coating with Jenonite as I go along turn the rust a lovely shade of blac...

The chassis outriggers were like Play Doh on mine. Luckily it came with replacements. Mine has what i was told a new outrigger in the boot :? But it was way longer :roll: After checking underneath the underseal is flaking off the outriggers but they had a dammed good smack from an MOT style hammer ...

So the front valance :? I had a little poke :roll: And this fell out :roll: https://thumbsnap.com/s/JyCRsKEc.jpg?0912 And revealed this professional repair :shock: https://thumbsnap.com/s/zNEJDDVZ.jpg?0912 I am determined to put this right,you know what they say" A mechanic never has the time t...

So a bit behind on update as I started to grind down the rusty areas some went very good some went not so good :? So lets get the nasties out of the way first :roll: I decided to grind down a little bubble at the base of the front nearside wing where it meets the inner sill and it cracked and this f...

I know it is clearly not as good as it looks in the photos but judging by the panel shuts and chrome strips it seems fundamentally sound in shell. Given the length of time in storage I'd say it is in pretty good shape! Have you assessed the underbody structure yet? By the way, I have seen some very...

Warren t claim wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 1:59 am Mine rotted around the headlamp bezels.

Yes was expecting more rot around the lamps Warren according to Car Mechanics magazines words of advice on this model but its fine apart from a tiny pinhole

So the elephant in the room :roll: The paint :? At 5 years old it was starting to rust and when Dick fell ill he friend gave it a blowover :roll: When he passed it wasn't stored well and from recollection his friend thinks he sprayed it with Celly. I asked at the Local Ford Dealer and they are unsur...

So Photos are back so how did it clean up? Well I was going to say its a 20 footer but make that 200 feet :lol: Can you spot all the grot from this distance :roll: its amazing how much a car can rot in 11 Years :o https://thumbsnap.com/s/bd4uAutM.jpg?0908 https://thumbsnap.com/s/eWwakk2v.jpg?0908 It...

February 67 outside Dicks Garage

One day it will look like that again (only in colour )