I decided to have a bash at a more traditional comic book style and it was a piece I hadn't worked over and rather than work on a whole new bit of artwork I figured I could just develop this piece. It's my mate Pete's car, which was found in a swamp... it is nearing the end of it's two year resto now.
Copyright for the illustration is owned by me, please don't use it or elements from it for reproduction without asking first, this applies to all my work.
The Cortina passed the MOT again this year, no advisories either. I used the same place again and they are very thorough which is both disconcerting and a blessing as I'd rather know about something I may have missed to get it sorted before next MOT.
I decided to change the steering coupling, as it was an advisory on the previous MOT, which is a fairly straightforward job requiring the removal of three bolts and nuts then releasing the splined shaft from the coupling which requires a bit of prying to get apart, especially if they haven't been separated in 40 odd years, but that and restricted access is all that potentially makes the job take a little longer (which was about 15 minutes to swap them over).
Sorry no photo's, I've been really slack with doing that of late just because I want to get things sorted quickly in whatever spare time I have.
To do the repair I used a NOS steering shaft I had spare from the collection of parts I purchased from Graham, I swear that was the deal that just keeps giving and I'm still grateful a year on!! I have kept the original coupling and will eventually get it powder coated and instal a new rubber bush so I have a good spare.
