First Look At New Project Car A
Ford Cortina Mk 3 Bakkie.
Interior, Might Need A Little
Work
2.5 Litre V6 Runs Well But I Have
Plans For This Part.
Have Borrowed A Friends Van
And Trailer To Get The Pick Up
Bed Sand Blasted.
Its In The Already Full Garage. It Was Ok
When It Was Whole But I'm Running Out Of  
Places To Put All The Parts That Are Being
Removed. This Is It Starting To Get
Stripped To See How Much Work Is Needed.
Rear Chassis With Axle, Tank And Bits
And Pieces Removed And No Doubt
Lost Somewhere In The Garage
With The Interior Removed I Get A
First Look At The Floor And 27 pence
Starting To Look Closer At The Floor. Both
Inner And Outer Sills Need Replacing Along
With About An Inch Of The Floor Where It
Meets The Inners. Also At The Rear Of The
Cab Are Two Box Sections Which Are
Rotten.
This Part At The Rear Seems To Be
The Only Bit Needing Replacing On
The Rear Half Of The Chassis.
Underneath Drivers Side Floor.
This Is The Rear Box Section
Removed At The Drivers Side
Showing Damage To The Main
Chassis.
With The Drivers Side Wing Removed
I Can See That Work Is Needed On
The A Post And Panel.
The Top Of The A Post Turned Out
To Be Rotten Along With The Scuttle
(Inner, Outer And Middle).
The Roof Also Had A Hole In It.
This Is The Gutter And Rust Removed,
Hopefully I have Found All The Bad
Bits And Time To Start Repairing.
This Is The Same Repair From The
Inside Also Showing Floor Repair.
New Metal Let into Roof And The
Gutter Replaced
Bottom Of Off Side A Pillar Repaired,
Although It Looks Complicated This
Turned Out To Be An Easy Repair
Section To Make.
The Cab Support Box Sections
Were Remade Slightly Larger So
That I Could Fit Speakers Into
Them.
The Battery Tray Had To Be Removed To
Allow Repairs To Be Made To The Inner
Wing.This Is The Inner Wing Repaired And In
Primer, You Can Also See The Modified
Radiator Mounting Panel.
This Is The Inner Wing Repaired
And In Primer, You Can Also See
The Modified Radiator Mounting
Panel
The Modified Front Panels Fitted
And In Paint.
Because I Will Be Moving The
Radiator The Landing Panel Had
To Be Modified.
Engine Bay In Paint.
This Is The Engine I Am Fitting, It’s
a Ford 302 V8 With Modified Heads
Cam And Intake.
Engine Mounting Before
Finishing And Paint
Gearbox Mounts.
Gearbox On Mountings Also
Showing Bracket For Dash Mounted
Handbrake.
Engine Fitted.
Starting To Make The Exhaust.
Restoring The Ashtray’ –
Time I Went Down The Pub
With The Battery Tray I Decided to Fit
It Under The Pick Up Bed, So It Was
Shortened And Brackets Fitted To
Make It A Bolt In Fitting
Under Floor Had Underseal Removed
And Primed
Back Of Cab And Rear Chassis Primed
Inside, The Main Part Of The Dash
Had To Be Removed To Allow The
Bulkhead/ Scuttle Panel Repairs.
This Is How the o/s bulkhead rust
looked, not too bad  
This Is The Same area with the
wing removed
O/S A post And Closure panel
Same Rust Viewed From Under
Dash
The Steering Support Bracket Had
To Be Removed To Get To The
Repair
Removing The Top Of The Scuttle
Panel Allowed Me To See What I
Was In For
Because Of The Shape Of The
Panel I Need To Make The Repair
In Three Bits
This Is Pretty Much All The Metal In
Place  Of The Lower  Skin
I Fixed The Top Of The A Post And
Top 30M of The Kick Panel Whilst I
Was In The Area.
That Is The New Metal In And Welds
Dressed
Mounting Lip Fitted To Top Of A post
Bottom Skin Primed
Starting To Form Middle panel
With Middle Skin Fitted It Was
Time To Refit The Outer Panel
Outer Panel Refitted And Welds
Ground
Passenger Side Of Bulkhead
Cleaned, Treated And Primed
This Is How It Looks From Inside.
Steering Support Bracket Refitted.
Primed.
Inside Bulkhead Painted
Bulkhead Under The Heater Also
Was Rusted
Rot Was Cut Out And A Repair Made
And Welded Into Place
Welds Then Ground Down
Another Repair Needed Under  The
Heater Box.
This Was Cut Out
And New Metal Let In
Repairs Were Also Needed Further
Down The A Post, Rust Removed
And New Metal Welded In
Inside The Kick Panel Was Cleaned
And De-rusted Ready For Paint
The Main Part Of The Dash Was
Cleaned And Primed
And On The Inside Before Fitting
The Scuttle Repair Was Primed
And The Inner Wing And Kick Panel/A Post
Then Painted
Scuttle Panel Finished
The Floor Was Needing Work this  is
pictures of the drivers side but  the
same was done on the passenger
side. – Drivers Floor Front.
Drivers Floor rear
Underside of rear floor
Underside of floor at front  showing
condition of sill.
Removing the sill and inner sill
What was left with the inner sill gone
Removing the outer inch of floor and
sill mounting lip
Rot cut out of rear floor and chassis
leg side
Lower 5 inches of cab removed at
outside of chassis
Rear floor renewed and outer inch of
floor.
Starting to renew floor at front
Floor at front finished
Rear Chassis repair.
After Grinder
Trial fit of inner sill
Trial fit of outer sill
Inner and outer sills cut to length
Inner sill Fitted
Outer sill Fitted
Drivers front floor finished
Drivers rear floor finished
Making repair for rear 5 inch of cab
Trial fit of cab repair
Fitted and primed
Cab strengthening box made and
fitted, 15mm deeper so as to allow
fitting of speakers
Floor Primed
Painted
Underside painted
Starting to check fit of body panels,
stripping back to bare metal as I go
Bonnet in primer
Wing
Bonnet in Paint
Door in paint
Roof scuttle, door jam
Fitting Panels
Pushed out to clean garage
Trial fit of grill and bumper
Some pics of the pickup body before I
start to cut out the rot
Near side
Rear
Inside front offside
Inside front nearside
Nearside
Front
UNDERNEATH
New pick up bed floor made
New rear panel made
New pick up bed cross members made,
next job will be fitting these
Whilst waiting for these panels I had
a go at a few interior jobs, sound
deadening cut and fitted
Front section of carpet fitted
Trial fit of rear cab panel
Trial fit of seat bolts, still line up so that’s a bonus
First panel removed
Sat the pickup bed floor on the chassis to make
room to work then decided that this might be the
best way to go about rebuilding the bed
Drilling out spot welds to start dismantling
the pick up bed
Rear panel hung on to rear x member,
definitely going to rebuild the pickup
bed this way, as it seems to be easier
This shows the inside of the buck with
the outer bodywork removed
Front of bed removed
Garage after priming,( this was a
cheap night in the pub.)
Inside before prep
Stone chipped, based and clear coated
Etched primed
Underside being prepaired  for paint
Needing cleaned
Buck removed
Bakkie on stands to remove the 8 bolts
securing buck
Trial fit of canopy
Bakkie outside to allow me to stand
back and check fit of panels
Floor bolted to   chassis, rear valance
clamped into place to  check fit
Tailgate repaired
Near side of  buck repaired  and fitted
First side fitted
Replacing rust   and a few mods
Return edge fitted to rear  panel
Near side front panel  removed
showing hidden rust
Tailgate clamped into place to check
fit, seems OK
Temp fit of outer side panel
Making body   support brackets
Other inner side fitted, starting to look
like a pick up again
Starting to make  rear sections for
body,inner.
Outer
Wheel wells spot repaired and  fitted
Inner sides fitted after  cutting out
sections  for wheel wells
Removing the supporting x,members,
measuring as I go.
Inner wheel wells removed, these will
need small repairs but not too bad
Starting to build new bed, this is underside with
some x,members added drilling holes and welding
through them to try to keep an   original look
Outer  “wing”  inside
Rust still to be done
Continuing to dismantle the pick up bed
First x member removed showing rust
above first nearside mounting
Top caps removed
Rear lights and plate fitted
Tailgate refitted
4 to 1 high build primer
Body refitted
Tailgate painted
Etched primed
Interior of pickup bed prepped for paint
Outside painted.
Inside painted.
Outside in high build primer
Lettering finished and paint buffed
Installing FORD lettering.