Glad to see that there are still people using the site. Ive spent hours over the years reading other people restorations and builds and it would be a shame for others not to be able to do the same in the future. I too do not use Facebook etc i much prefer to use a site like this, the information is only a search away or someone to hand to answer a question.

So its been too long since the last update on the Cosworth but alot has happened - The project had to be paused back in 2020 as i sold my house and moved , the only option i had was to put the car into storage so i got it rolling again to move it. Recently i have been able to move it back into a garage to start work again, to say im excited is an understatement.

But since the last update and when the car went into storage i actually got a lot further with the restoration and managed to get all the car into paint, so here is an update as to where i got too before storage.

The condition of the underside was unbelievable really, the car has never had any welding and didn't need any either. But i still wanted the whole underside and engine bay to all be bare metal restored and painted in body colour. So i began the task of stripping off all the wax oil and original underseal to get it back to bear metal.














Original Ford Stamped Sills





So once back to bare metal it was on with the first coat of paint to seal the bare metal and give a good base for everything else. I choose red oxide and sprayed everything, this really started to show how nice and straight the under body is. The only thing i found was the common dents where it had been jacked up on the non-jacking points.











Next up to move onto to the engine bay.