LOTUS MK1 CORTINA RESTORATION

[chap foose]

You have been busy again. That car is unrecognisable from the one you started with. At the rate you are going it will be on the road before Christmas

Cheers Terry

[chap foose]

I agree with Terry! It's coming along brilliantly. The panel gaps are looking spot on.

and a lot tighter than it left Dagenham with no doubt

Cheers Sir

[chap foose]

Chap

You are going to have to buy a big trophy cabinet when you finished for all the awards you are going to win in the near future

Nick

Cheers Nick

[chap foose]

A few pics of the car with its first few skims of restoration paste,lol

[Ian]

Looking fantastic

[TerryG]

You must have limitless patience. I would have got bored of working with the metal by now and gone off to do something else.

[SirTainleyBarking]

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

[rich.]

ive seen loads of repairs to structural points finished with filler like that... just without the welding....

[SirTainleyBarking]

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

[JPB]

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

That's truly shocking, you forgot the parcel tape! Parcel tape; substrate to more tonnes of Cataloy than any other genre of sticky stuff on a roll since 1969, by Royal appointment.