Ha, Drew- you're really becoming the King of Bling, make sure you invest in a good pair of sunnies when you're done LOL

G'day Len,
Still painting and detailing odds and sods. Haven't touched the body in a while, taking a couple of weeks holiday in the new year so I'll get a good run at it then.
Lifes sort of getting in the way at the moment, the nephews just started karts so I'm getting really involved with that. The bugs bitten me too, been doing a few track days in the TE50.
Made friends with the Escort again after the 'burnout' of building it and am driving the wheels off it every chance I get.
The Cortina's still on the radar though, can't wait to be driving it aswell.
Cheers Drew

Ok so its been a while but I managed to get some time over christmas and new year. Motorvation has been a bit low but after seeing some progress posts from Spud, Marty and Bonus I dragged my sorry behind out to the garage and commenced the passenger side. I'm kicking myself I didn't take any before or during shots but such was the surge of enthusiasm I just picked up the grinder and welder and went for it.
New lower sill is in, that was an easy one the replacement came with the car.
The rear arch had been rolled, with a sledge hammer I think at some point but I managed to dolly most of it out. Rust wasn't too bad so I just made some patches for the couple of spots.
Next was the wheel well which was completely gone and had been cut out prior to my ownership. It had been thrown in the boot though so I was able to use that as a reference to make one from scratch.
The exhaust cut out had also been badly beaten, for a larger diameter pipe I assume. The shape was still mostly there so I made a buck and hammered the lip back into alignment.
The doors went on alot better than the drivers side with only a couple of holes having to be stretched to get them sitting flush. They where proof coated and board filed and only needed minor dolly'ing on the lips. The gaps were also alot better on this side with no trimming and re-welding needed.
The bonnet(s) where a sticking point, one was straight but with a rusty edge the other was clean but as wavy as a day at sea. Unsure what to do, I didn't want to get left without a bonnet I chased dents around the clean one for an afternoon but in the end bit the bullet and cut the sections I needed and welded them into the other one.
Got into the engine bay today and plug welded the numerous holes from over the years.
Its come along way in a few weeks, hoping to keep the motorvation going and get it into paint soon.
Cheers Drew
 

Heard it was a bit damp up there Len . 
Good luck with it . 
Bruce

what color are you thinking Drew?
 
Yeah good luck Len, maybe keep the budgy smugglers close at hand.
It might be a bit windy also. Best of luck.

Good to hear everythings alright at your place Len, feel for the people that aren't as lucky.
Hey Deano, I'm going with the original colour, I'm a bit of a stickler for that sort of thing, that and all the other GT numbers match. Lol I can hear people yawning at that, each to their own I suppose
Colour is sunlit beige, it appeared on the XP Falcon aswell, same code, but is more of a gold. We need to do some samples before committing to a supplier. Heres a couple of pics as an example, the first is correct the second is the XP shade.


 

I like the first color , looks silver / grey and very fresh apart from the door looking a different color.
Not struck on the second color , Jewish racing gold . looks very dated . 
Just my opinion .