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Well here are some pictures of my 1600E from September 2012 when i picked it upp after it had spent almost 30 years in a barn. Here i will put in som pictures as the renovation of the Cortina progresses

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First from the front and then	From the rear	Picking up the car in december of 2012
Outside the garage under construction in the spring of 2013	And from the front with wrong grille, rust and no auxiliary lights Spring of 2013	Just a nice view
Finally the E is in the workshop/garage 201309	So the fuel tank was leaking, well here is a new one grinded down to the metal and checked for wear/leakage 201403	Checked for leaks and primed 201403
Painted and antirust treated 201403	New exhuast system awaiting paint and mounting 201405	So the ball in the gear lever dissapeared 201409
In position to mount fuel tank, exhaust system and fix rear brakes 201412	Rear brake parts ready for use 201501	Brake Servo renovated and painted ready for the car 201501
Front brake parts renovated and ready to be mounted 201503	An old bad repair with just new steel over the rust revealed 201505	All rusted steel cut away and ready for welding in new steel 201505
New steel welded in, rust protected and zink primed 201505	A little more new steel before removing the strut to fix the rot there 201505	Over 30 spot velds removed and the reinforced plate kan be lifted to reveal the rusted steel below 201505
New steel welded in to replace the weakend steel arund the strut 201505	Doesn't look too bad 201505	But is tricky to access with my angle grinder and there is insulation under there that probably don't agree to well with welding 201505
The new steel plate has been welded in and is rust protected and zink painted 201505	Reinforcement plate repaired and bent back into position and spot welded 201505	All holes have been spot welded an linseed oil inserted between the steel plates for rust perotection. Zink paint added to protect the welds 201505
New steel for front wing support welded on beside the strut plates 201505	Finished welding the front strut and surroundings. Rustprotected and zinksprayed. 201507	Black protective paint added 201507
Rust taken away and getting ready for some new steel 201507	Welded in new steel and rust protected with zink paint. 201507	Lower rear part of inner wing with rust and a repairplate for the front of the sill 201508
Final repair on front inner wing now black protective added over the rust protecting paint 201509	Rear wheel arch fake repair some time to get all plaster out and replace with freash steel 201509	The rust have been taken away and only fresh steel present apart from a section cleaned and painte with "Biltema"s rust eater 201509
New steel spot welded 201509	Some more spot welds and it starts to look right 201509	Some more welding and paint and some filler later 201512
Oups another fake repair. Lots of plaster taken away 201601	Cut away all rust 201601	Testing the fit of the wheel arch from Motomobil. Looks nice 201601
So aonther matching of the wheel arch and making some measurements and welding the inner wheel arch in to place 201609	Inner wing welded in to place, now it is just to weld a lot moore! 201609	Some more welding, and my welds are starting to get better and better 201609
The front wing mounted with skrews instead of spot welds 201609	Inner wings mounted inside the wheel house to keep the rust out 201609	Wheel arch welded in to place with a few spot welds 201609
Plastered , grinded and plastered again 201609	Getting almost ready for some paint! 201609	The car has been turned around and inspection of wheel arches on the right side reveals some bad patching, so i have to replace them as well 201609
Really bad wheel arch, pieces are missing from it. So Good that i have a replacement wheel arch 201609	The rusty part of the wing has been cut off exposing the rusty inner wing 201609	Tool well rather rusty due to a wet cloth lying there for almost 30 years 201609
So the rust has been cut out and awaits new fresh metal. 201610	The rusty parts have been removed and a new inner wing edge is in place 201611	Front wing removed and revealing som nasty rust underneath, however not surprising 201611
The front of the sill is very rusty and so are the A-pillar door support. 201611	A bad repair job done on the same place on this side too! 201611	The rust in the supension tower seems to be worse than on the other side 201612
Not much left of the reinforcement bit for the front suspension. 201612	Covering metal removed, showing the condition of the front suspension mount 201612	The rust in the front suspension mount has been cut out and awaits new and fresh metal 201612
Other angle 201612	Rear right hand valance replaced and plastering begun 201701	Valance done and now the part behind the wheel arch where there has been a wet rag for some 30 years or so 201701
Finished welding and begun plastering 201701	Looking better and better 201701	Could not resist placing the wheel there just to see.... 201701
Starting on the suspension top again and replaced the upper part of the strut arms with 3mm steel 201702	Other angle 201702	Replaced all steel in the suspension top with 3mm thick steel, 1mm thicker than original 201702
Side "outside" reinforcement has after restoring been welded into place and rust protect laquered 201702	And painted black and got some underbody to protect against mechanical attacks 201702	So attention has gone to the bottom and the rusty parts has bee cut away. Which is the jack frame, some of the floor and the inner wing 201702
The cut away part at the bottom at the A-pillar, I will make a new steel part or parts that will be welded in instead of the rusty parts. The jacking part frame will be made in 3mm steel for robustness and because I have it 201702	So a new framepart built from 3mm thick steel. The tube for the jack has been transferd 201703	A-Pillar repaired, rust protected, painted and then underseal on top to protect from wear 201703
New homemade reinforcement welded in and rust protected with linseed oil and painted with rust protective paint. 201703	I had to build a new front wing support on the front panel due to that to original part had rusted away and this gives a better support for screwing the wings on instead of welding 201703	Badge 1969
The rusty parts above the lights has been cut away, showing how it looks underneath 201703	New steel welded in to support the inner wing mount. 201703	Upper steel welded in to match the front steel going across the front. Protected with protective paint 201703
Then light "cavern" grinded away all rust the rust protected and painted with zink protecitve paint 201703	And after that with a red primer 201703	And after that a coat of Amber Gold..... 201703
So inner wing ready for the front wing 201703	So inner wing mounted 201703	Front wing in place and looks rather nice 201703
Have been out for a spin. It runs hot and all over the road. So in again and fix stearing bushes and water pump 201706	While i'm at it i painted the exhuats 201706	So this is the culprit to why the car was hard to roll 201708
Finally ready for a test drive again 201708	Outside the garage , this time sadly 3rd gear is very noisy so it probably needs a gearbox renovation 201708	Lid and gearforks removed 201712
Gearbox interior 201712	Lots of stuff in a gearbox 201712	So the outer parts of the gearbox finished and rust protected 201712
So there are 20 needle bearings in the "bottenstock" (sorry dont know what is's called in english) and not 21 as the repair handbook says 201804	So finally succeded in mounting the gearbox interoir with new bearings, Thank you Bertil for all the help 201804	Gearbox with gears and outgoing shaft removed, showing the bottom shaft let down and the reverse gear and ingoing shaft 201804
So outgoing shaft with gears and outgoing bearing mounted in the strut, awaiting mounting in gearbox house 201804	Strut mounted in gearbox house, starting to look tidy 201804	Gearbox completely mounted and ready to be mounted in the car. The test drive revealed no bad sounds what so ever so renovation succesful :-) 201804
Rims under renovation. Grinded and varnished. Chrome polish left 201804	The seat's clothes are not that bad under the hairy covers 201805	So here we are finally, all ready for the Swedish MOT or the Swedish Motor vehicle inspection 201805
Rims finished. Paint drying over night 201805	Before and after 201806	Anti-rollbar rustprotected with Biltemas rusteater 201806
Pressed Track Control arms, rusty and ugly waiting to be scrapped as soon as my new TCA's arrive from Australia 201806	Old pressed and rusty TCA's along the new casted ones from australia 201806	The new cast TCA painted with the new bushes exept the new outer TCA's poly bushes 201806
So all parts of the steering renovated, rust protected and paints, ready to be mounted 201807	So the look very different but the distances are correct, though for while that the new ones where shorter but i t seams they are not 201809	Finally passed MOT (bilprovningen) so no new more of that until 2099 but maybe some visits anyway to check everything sometime in the future 201810
Engine is still going hot and not so strange with all this stuff in it restricting waterflow 201810	So a real flush of the engine to get all the rust out, so now it runs with normal temp 201810	So when the float is leaking and gets filled with fuel, the fuel gauge shows empty tank all the time 201810
I got hold of 5 fine rims and the mounting parts inside the grill for the auxiliary lights 201812	Beginning the new year with 6 restored and painted E rims. 5 for the E and one for the Capri 201901	Auxiliary lights mounted together with some modern lights under the bumper 201901
So the overriders are a bit rusty, time to send to the chromer perhaps 201901	Seems like the car has been lowered som time in the past 201901	A little more shine, a new bumper and chrome sorounding för the registration plate 201901
I decided to move the battery to the luggage so here it is in a box with the 150A fuse 201902	Tested fitting the box in the tool well and it fits just fine, mounted into the floor with two M10 bolts. The white cable is for the clock 201902	So at last mounted and working 201902
So finally new tires for the 1600E as well, spare weel also new 201903	The heater valve is somewhat compromised after 50 years. But i new one is ordered from Tradera 201904	A new mat for the boot from Biltema fits rather well 201904
New rear view mirrors have juat arrrived from ebay. Will hopefully fit them one day also 201906	So no engine in. Low compression on first cylinder and the engine comes out for new rings 201906	Engine ready to be refitted with new rings so hopefully better compression 201906
And so the engine is in place 201906	- 2019XX	- 2019XX

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