hi from derbyshire, uk
 

hi everybody. i'm ian from derbyshire in the uk. at present i'm restoring a 1981 ford cortina that has been in the family since 1984. it was purchased new as a company car for rolls royce aero engines in derby. body panels are quite hard to source and expensive so i'm trying to make as many myself as possible using only basic hand tools. before restoration http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...a/DSCI0163.jpghttp://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...a/DSCI0157.jpgcopy of left hand floor made using a section cut from a scrapped car as a patternhttp://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...a/DSCI0059.jpgright hand door pillar made by copying a left hand panelhttp://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...cture007-1.jpghttp://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...cture008-1.jpgmore to come

Welcome to the forum, Ian, from a fellow Brit :)

Looks like you're making a cracking job of the Cortina restoration.

Hi Ian welcome to the forum
Peter

Hello Ian and welcome.

Jere

hi ian, the panels for your tina look good

the first question that comes to my mind is how many times have you done the void bushes? lol i can remember doing those many years ago...

Ha ha! I remember doing them on a Mk3 What a piece of junk that was.

thanks for the warm welcome guys. p,s i NEVER want to see another void bush ever again!:D i now use polyurethene bushes;)

Looks like you're off to a great start with shaping your panels, they aren't trivial.
well done from Oxford UK
Regards
Dave