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2026. 7. 30. 작업

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I've finally resized the photos, which felt like a lifetime if I'm honest.Keeping with the repairs to the chassis... Some old chipboard came in handy for making formers - it's useful if you don't have a shrinker/stretcher If you think it's ugly now... I should also apologise as the timeline for all this work is not correct, I kept a decent record of work in the form of photos but not so much in dates themselves!

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I'll focus more on what's happened since 2016 as this was when the Cortina moved in with us officially!To move the Cortina meant I had to get the shell rolling and placing the engine in situ - the engine bit was a bit redundant as it was stored in my Grans garage and we actually bought her house so I had moved it for nothing!I stuck with the plan to not only build the engine up using its original carburettor rather than playing with the bike carbs that I had on a bench to avoid complications. I also wanted to replace the dynamo with an alternator because of the additional electrical loads I was going to add; the mechanical pump was toast and I figured I'd fit an electric fuel pump plus it allows for more carbs! An electric coolant fan because I intend to use the Cortina almost daily so will have to deal with traffic and H4 headlights for the same reason.To do this I would need to add a fuse box because the Mk1 only has 1 fuse for the indicators! I'd also need a relays for the headlights, fuel pump and the coolant fan.Alanis Morissette knows nothing about Irony!Whilst working my way through the fuse box installation which was me having the Cortina fully wired up insitu, cutting a wire then extending it to the fusebox and returning it back to where it came from. It was a solid plan on paper because if it worked before it should work after but with a fuse.In reality the side light was being problematic so I wiggled the wire, I heard a fizzing sound and then my fingers got very hot! I jumped back to watch the side light wire get incredibly hot and smoky - it was like watching a long dynamite fuse in an old western!I managed to cut the power just as it made it's way into the dash wiring but it was toast! As ironic as rain on your wedding day!This left me frustrated, I'm not an electrician by any stretch so I decided to speak to autosparks in Nottingham who are able to produce wiring looms and add the additional items I wanted. I rang them to discuss and we agreed on a p