The way she sits today

Took a picture of this the other day, this is how the Cortina sits. On 4 jackstands and no suspension in the front, I kinda like this photo. Side View

Blew apart the front suspension to get it all rebushed. The strut assembly just looked completely tattered, so everything was blown apart here and cleaned..

Ground down the struts, cleaned up the back plates, installed new ball joints...

A shot of it cleaned..somewhat..

Everything was then painted in gloss black (ran out of satin black)

When rebushing the drag link..what was interesting was taking out these metal sleeves so the poly bushes would fit...but probably never being changed since 1965...taking them out took a bit of heat...

Melting the rubber away...

Rebushed, with new hardware and installed back in the car. Noticed the tie rod ends were in need of replacement, so that's (another) thing I'll need to be ordering soon.

Some pics

So while my dad (still!) has my camera, my dinky camera on my phone will have to do. Last night, I was able to blow apart my front suspension to rebush and replace the ball joints. So much crud on the tie rods! I may have to search for a pressure washer to clean up underneath the car. Also debating if I want to spray some undercoat over the bottom side of the car, or at least just the fender wells.

Lower arms from another subframe I had will make it's way to the Cortina. The old ones on the Cortina were all bent and made the driverside wheel push up into the fender. Cleaned, fresh coat of paint and rebushed.

Picture of the header we were working on. It's a cheapy OBX header, made for a 16 Valve RWD Corolla. Cut/welded/tweaked to fit on the 20 Valver and into a Cortina. Had to add a tab to the manifold so it would bolt up flush to the engine.

Andy here measuring out the tab needed on a piece of stainless

Hopefully I'll have my camera back soon and will have more progress pix.

No updates

Well, it's been a bit, my dad having robbed me of my camera, I have no new pictures.

What I've been able to do so far:

Ran all my fuel lines from the cell to the engine, and back from the engine to the cell.

Made most of my brake lines, the rear is plumbed, and when I rebush my front suspension, I'll have the rest flared and ready to go.

Rebushed the rear suspension, sort of, I realized I hadn't ordered 2 sets of new rear shackle bushes, so I had to reorder one more set.

Lowered the rear with 2" blocks, although I'm debating if I'd rather go with a 3" drop.

Got my Locort wheels primed, painted and cleared.

Got the battery mounted in the trunk.

I was working on installing the trans tonight, but ran into a bit of a problem, there's a 1/4" gap all around and the trans isn't sitting flush with the motor. Will have to pull the clutch/flywheel apart to make sure I have the right pilot bearing. Realized I should buy a new clutch too, so I'll have to order that as well.

Seems like nothing wants to fit just right on the 1st go around on this car. Oh well, I suppose that's part of the fun....