Floors, Cortina Mk3 Tombstone seats, matching rears.

The weather has taken a turn for the better this last week so I managed to get out and finish my floor off.

First job was to remove the sound deadening, which is an messy time consuming job to do, the bit over the transmission tunnel really didn't want to come off it put up a real fight but with a mixture of wallpaper scraper and careful use of a chisel.

I mixed up some Hammerite smooth white with some smooth blue and managed to get a reasonable colour match.  I have seen someone do the same thing to a MK1 Escort plus I like the idea of a hardwearing paint under the carpet - just incase of any leaks or spillage.  

You never know what you will find under the sound deadening - water and eventually rust creeps underneith but all the while it looks perfect as the deadening hides a multitude of sins.  I was mega lucky, when you consider how much I had to batter the scraper to get the sound deadening up it was really solid.  The slightly wobbly bits on the pans above the chassis rails are the caps Ford pop in there which are then covered in seam sealant - I've painted over this.  They must've used liters of the stuff on this car because it was everywhere and marginally worse to remove than the sound deadening.  Perhaps this is one reason it's survived so well?   

The next job was to get my Tombstones and rear seats in there.  I am really chuffed with the way it looks.  I do like the original seats so I'll keep them for the future but I think the Mk3 Cortina does look better with tombstones.  The headrest is about in the right place for me and they are more comfortable than the old seats.