just found this thread, has got me thinking if I should do this to my patina cortina

Got any pics of your Cortina Neale? I reckon do it.

And any excuse to post some pics of my mates ute

This is it, its a '69 440L with the bench seat & column shift manual, the only rust is where the paint is thin on top so its a good start. I recon it would make a cool rat rod style cortina. It was a one owner from bathurst when my dads mate bought it with the intention of doing it up & I bought it off him. So it still has the original hubcaps & sunvisor.

i thought of these too as potential ratters, there on a farm near where I live just rotting away, what a waste

That Dodge is just awesome. Its dripping with patina

And that split screen kombi would be worth a bomb wouldn't it? I thought they were getting really hard to find and the VW guys would go nuts over them. If you can get it cheap, grab it!

And your Corty would make an excellent ratter too. Looks like an excellent starting point

....go forth and rat my disciples![88]

It truly is a great experience to take what most see as a hunk of **** and make it into something very cool. It takes real skill to do a rat well....and once you start you will soon see exactly how hard the process can be.

The Dodge and VW are cool projects....but the maroon Cortina is PERFECT! Please have a go and join a very select bunch who have had the balls to venture away from the norm.....especially in Classic Ford small vehicle circles.

Good luck and please keep us all updated.

RJ

Here's some inspiration for you neale. Fellow club members GT Cortina. bought from Leeton gave it the once over & straight back on the road.
I call this the South London look.


Also my 100e in her full original glory, you'd be surprised how many people tell me NOT to paint it, leave it as is.





Also check Owens thread about his V6 Banger
http://classic-ford.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19785

Don't worry about how it looks just get on the road & enjoy it!

there cool, I had a good look at the corty in your pics, on the weekend at the CAP club show. I like the orange wheels hes got on it now, I donk know why but it seams to work for that car & everyone goes for the red wheels. I think you should leave your car like it is aswell, Its a unique paint job that took many years to complete all it needs is white walls

The corty got most rust spots award.


I just got the interior done in the 100e, next is pinchweld then the white walls along with MKI corty front suspension 105e anglia rear diff (so I can put my fat steelies on) and ultimatley when the engine dies...

1.3L GTI twin cam with suzuki sierra 5 speed box, but I'll keep it really quiet.

I love this car, even the wife wants to learn to drive it. And you can just do bits & pieces while you enjoy driving it around.