Mk 2 Cortina Rat Rod...PROJECT FINISHED! - page 3!

Hi all,

It's been a while since I've been in the forum....busy, family...meh who cares....I HAVE A NEW CAR!!!!!

I really have taken to Rat Rods in recent times, and hankered after one....well I have always wanted to build one....so my chance has arrived! I found it in a wreckers, and landed it for four tenths of FuC% all!
[bBEHOLD....THE GREEN HORNET![/b]

As purchased;



The rear!



The engine bay....don't expect much. Stock 1600, column auto and this is the way it's going to stay!



Peg on the nose as you look inside! What you can't see is the front seats are very rare fully reclining low back buckets....which fold down to create a freakin bed!



I'm going to go the full rat treatment, period accessories, wheel spats, whitewalls, leave the peeling paint, the standard driveline, but lower, and add some pretty cool one off touches.

Peeling paint?...check this out.



It's great to be back!

RJ

P.S. - In case your wondering...I always name my cars, Green Hornet sounded pretty good for a Rat Rod.

nice one jase, cant wait to see the progress

Cheers

Jake

Gotta love long weekends! Did heaps of work today, and the green booger is starting to take shape. Here's the hard graft so far;

New grille, custom grille badges, painted wheels, refitted all side and boot badges where possible, repositioned rear vision mirror added Escort bumper overriders (have some for the rear too;





I've also done a fair bit inside, and there are a number of cool little touches in there - will have some more pics up soon. On a side note, I've built a number of cars in the past, but can honestly say I can not remember having so much fun doing a car!

The thing isn't perfect by a long shot, so the near enough is good enough mentality works....and if you have no cash or no time....it's perfect. I really am having fun with this one.

RJ

RS on the spit? Sorry, I think you might have the wrong Jason.

The only thing I had on a spit was a pig we caught in NT.....mmmmmm cooked wild boar!

RJ

i like the way this project is going sometimes spending the least amount of money turns out the be the most fun, btw good luck with the new job

More pics are coming....fired the thing up on teh weekend! It dosen't have brakes yet, butthat didn't stop me putting the family in the back for a ride around the back garden[88][88][88][88]

The roof has grown a surfboard, the dash is finished and now has a covert CD player installed, there's some old school space speakers going in and I found a period correct round Ram Flo for the engine!

I hope to have the scallop painted on the side soon, then there's the custom rear air-shock set up, the reversed leaf springs, wheel spats and white walls....oh and a venetian and sunvisor to go on....and the best bit is how much I've spent.

NOTHING SO FAR!!!!!! HAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHA I never new ratting was so much fun.

Oh and the Mk 1 Cortina is in the shed collecting dust for a while, and the Mk 1 Escort has been sold to a dude here in SA.

Cheers,

RJ

Here's a family shot of us cruising around the backyard!



Here's a virtual photochop of what I hope to achieve....should be easy even for a bone head like me!



Cheers,

RJ

P.S. - Reversed the springs on the driver side tonight....and down she goes!

i think that pinstripping they do on the rat rods, and impalas and stuff, the freehand kind of tribal pintstripping would look mad on it, woodnt have to pay someone to do it either, just a thin brush a steal a design off the net,keen to see the finished outcome