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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

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

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.

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

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

Fender repair

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 100%

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

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

New project car - Ford Cortina (P100) LDV/Bakkie

Originally created on Facebook on January of 2022! Belated Christmas gift to me! #fordcortina #fordcortinabakkie #essexv6 As the saying goes "mooi van ver af,