1966 Mk1 Cortina GT

[Chunkychucky]

Great to see more good progress being made OP, glad to hear the work done so far has got the gearbox in and working! Fingers crossed we get to see some shots of the old Tina out on the open road later this year

[Retro_Jim]

Chunkychucky said:

Great to see more good progress being made OP, glad to hear the work done so far has got the gearbox in and working! Fingers crossed we get to see some shots of the old Tina out on the open road later this year

Thanks Chucky! I think I'm at a turning point with the 5 speed swap. I acquired an MX5 prop and a lower spec Mk1 prop for the grand total of £10 and figured I'd give it a go - the ID of the cortina prop is slightly bigger than the OD of the MX5 UJ.



To make them work it would require sleeving and additional welding and messing around so I did the right thing and called a grown up who could make the prop for me with the right ends and correct length. A few days later this arrived...









The fit is perfect and was great to see the front connected to the back but it didn't last long because I took the engine and gearbox back out so I can make everything look pretty!

A couple of coats of Upol Raptor and it's looking amazing - if only it would stay this clean!

I did make another big decision - before the engine goes back in I need to tidy the paint on the NS inner wing, it had some paint defects and some chaffing from the loom so I removed all the bits masked everything off and got to work!







The heater bubble had the same treatment





It's orange peeley but it'll flatten down...

I'll get the engine and box tidied to get back in ASAP