Assembly Assembly Assembly

So over the last couple weeks, I've slowly started assembling the Cortina. 1st up was the 1/4 windows. Now stupid me, I should probably have never disassembled the 1/4 windows, drilling out the riviets etc, because as soon as it was time to reassemble.....well I didn't have any riviets that would work.. What to do what to do....
So Andy came up with the idea of using screws..which seemed to have worked out fine! I tapped the old window lock, along with the arm that lets the window open (what are those things called anyways) and screwed the whole thing together with some good ole locktite.

Pictures of said screws: Not sure what this was all about, but let me tell you about the rubbers. Man, weatherstrip install blows!

1/4 Windows installed and bolted in, only to realise I had to unbolt them later again to install the windows.... Couple days later, the front windows went in along with new rubber and felts
Looking more and more like a car!
So, we finally got a warm day around here to get the headliner going...
Seriously not one of those jobs I'd ever want to do again, this was the headliner purchased at ACME in Long Beach, had to trip the loops that the rods went into a bit, but all in all, was a pretty decent fit.
Laid out all the bows 1st, then started to glue up the edges..
Andy got some hairy arms..
Back 1/2 installed, off to the front 1/2!
By the time we finshed, it was pretty dark, so I don't have the finished product pix. Next up is getting the rest of the windows in...this should be fun.....

Color Sanding...

So over the weekend, the weather seemed nice and cool enough to colorsand, so I started with the front ent. Went over the front with 1500 grit, the two front fenders and the hood

Went and bought this polish/cutter I read about, System One X3, you supposedly use one compound for all 3 stages of polishing. Did the passenger fender with it, and it came out pretty nice. Wasn't so lucky with the hood, it needed a little more love, so we went back with the 3M compounds to polish that up. Had Andy do most of the polishing while I was sanding and enjoying myself some beer...

Coming along nicely...

Front section all colorsanded and polished! Installed the wing mirrors...

Another shot of the wing mirrors, and oh, almost forgot, the HID's are all wired up

Put on the corner lights, and the grill...

Added on the headlight rings...which I'll need to buy new ones of. They're all dented and not too shiny..

Next up, colorsanding the polishing the rest of the body...at least the front finally looks like a car again!!

Hrm.

So there hasn't been much updates lately. I've been waiting for about a month now to start color sanding the body. While I've been waiting, I got the following done:

• 
  Wired all the lights to a switch on the dash, checked to make sure the HID's turned on...and it did.
• Wired the turn signal lights, now those work as well
• Got the Toyota clutch master to work with the Cortina pedals, that was somewhat interesting
• Started wiring the wiper motor, but realized that the wiper motor is bad...so I'll have to come back to this at a later date
• Wired Cig Lighter
• Ordered a set of VDO Series 1 Gauges from Egauges.com w/electronic speedometer
• Ordered all rubber and suspension rubber from scottsoldrubber in OZ
• Ordered and installed B-Quiet sound deadner in the roof/doors and quarter panels. Will do the floors at a later date
• Got my rear 1/4, front wind wings and posts back from the chromers (mmm shiny)
• Scored a pair of Locort wheels on ebay, and another pair from JohninCM (thanks John!) so now have a set, and they'll go to the blasters this week
• Started wiring in the Hazard lights, but realized I needed some diodes to make it all work, so that's stopped until I go shopping.
• Ordered my headliner in Black from Acme Headliner in Long Beach (thanks cortina list!)

I'll have to take pics of the progress again soon. Still a whole long list of things to do/buy. Hopefully I'll get to color sanding and polishing this week, then the rubber and glass go back on the car, that way the cortina may start to look like a car again!