Another old rusty ford brought back to life.

[Mk2TinaRyan]

We were then faced with the problem of the car being too high when it was on the dolly. Couple of hours and an abundance of tea later, We came up with the idea of these things to lower the frame of the dolly. Lower Everything . 055 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
10872203_843673215694644_141345791_n by ryancameron01, on Flickr

Then, another problem. Lifting half a ton of Dagenham's finest steel a metre and a half off the ground TWICE was getting tiring. We had an endless chain lying around so we made detatchable mounts and this happened.
10928114_843674212361211_526935284_n by ryancameron01, on Flickr
10917587_843674395694526_375555983_n by ryancameron01, on Flickr

The car on the dolly.
10921732_843674255694540_1497901287_n by ryancameron01, on Flickr

[Mk2TinaRyan]

So, after that was done, between my dad and I came the decision of putting a bigger engine in it and what would need to be done to achieve that. We set about finding a better car to use the running gear on the cortina. I went to my uncle's old garage and pulled out some capri parts. Front axle and suspension, Rear axle and propshaft. (all rusty in ford fashion of course) We then decided we might aswell graft the Ford Capri chassis legs on too for ease of fitting the axles and suspension etc. So we found a rusty capri fit for the scrap and cut it in Half... IMG_1512 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
IMG_1525 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
IMG_1526 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
IMG_1527 by ryancameron01, on Flickr

[Mk2TinaRyan]

Man, you already straightened that body out. I'd love to see this thing finished. I'm subb'ed!

Sandblasting does wonders. Cheers Man!

[mikey G]

Man, you already straightened that body out. I'd love to see this thing finished. I'm subb'ed!

[Mk2TinaRyan]

Just talking about the Cortina a few days ago! Beautiful car

Yeah gotta love a cortina done right. Do you get this model in the states at all?

[244Brick]

Just talking about the Cortina a few days ago! Beautiful car

[Mk2TinaRyan]

Looks like you have the skills to make this a car again. In ford updates (see what I did thar?)

All knowledge is passed on from my dad yeah got big plans for the car. Hoping to get more posted later on

[TeckniX]

Looks like you have the skills to make this a car again. In ford updates (see what I did thar?)

[Mk2TinaRyan]

This could get very interesting fast.

Great work thus far!

Going to try and make it interesting! Lots more to come.
Thanks

[electricalbox]

This could get very interesting fast.

Great work thus far!

[Mk2TinaRyan]

The car was then taken to a friend's garage to use his sandblaster. So I sandblasted the whole thing and slapped some primer on there.
IMG_1287 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
So we took it back and put all the doors, bonnet (or hood ) and boot lid (or trunk ) and lined it all up before we start cutting all the shit out and replacing a lot.
IMG_1492 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
IMG_1504 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
IMG_1506 by ryancameron01, on Flickr

[Mk2TinaRyan]

So after it was pulled out, i had to make some form of way to transport it rather than using a trailer because the trailer was not ours.. So I made this -
IMG_1239 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
IMG_1238 by ryancameron01, on Flickr

[Mk2TinaRyan]

Share button, selec BBCode, select size, copy and paste the bunch of code.

Ah right! Thanks a bunch man

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

Share button, selec BBCode, select size, copy and paste the bunch of code.

[Mk2TinaRyan]

Does this work?

113 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
162 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
171 by ryancameron01, on Flickr
170 by ryancameron01, on Flickr

EDIT: Man, that's a hell of a project. That's questionably a car at this point.

Yeah that works. How did you even do that? lol. Yeah there's some work to be done...