LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

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mach1rob
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#131 Post by mach1rob »

Are we talking about classic car rescue again? :lol:
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TerryG
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#132 Post by TerryG »

No, they wouldn't do the chicken wire, they would just fill the sills with concrete as they use it for building car parks so why not cars?!?!
OR they would just buy another less scruffy example, give it a quick blow over and hope nobody notices.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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chap foose
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#133 Post by chap foose »

Ian wrote:Looking fantastic :thumbs:
Cheers mate
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#134 Post by chap foose »

TerryG wrote:You must have limitless patience. I would have got bored of working with the metal by now and gone off to do something else.
Cheers Terry
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#135 Post by chap foose »

SirTainleyBarking wrote:It's a measure of the man that he's skimming the underside that no-one is going to see without a torch, so that you can't see the repairs.

-Poor guy would probably have a fit if he saw some of the pigeon crap welding * holding together the underside of my Discovery

*Functional and strong enough, but done on the drive with a deadline of being able to get to work on Monday morning
Theres nothing wrong with pigeon **** welding.The power of pigeon **** is unreal.Have you ever had a pigeon crap on you.I have and its hard to get off,lol
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chap foose
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#136 Post by chap foose »

rich. wrote:ive seen loads of repairs to structural points finished with filler like that... just without the welding.... :lol:
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#137 Post by chap foose »

SirTainleyBarking wrote:Yeah, I know what you mean. Chap's is proper metal with a few microns of skim to get the surface show perfect.

I'm not referring to the "Period Correct" type of repairs involving two pounds of isopon and a 10 foot roll of chickenwire :roll:
Just spat my tea over the keyboard.
Really funny mate
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#138 Post by chap foose »

mach1rob wrote:Are we talking about classic car rescue again? :lol:
lol
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#139 Post by chap foose »

On with the prep and more and more and more.
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Re: LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

#140 Post by chap foose »

Done abit more over the weekend.Time consuming as its mostly done by hand as its
awkward work at the moment.
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