Cortina Rat Rod

Hi everyone,

Just a newbie to this scene but always loved old cars, rock & roll and the rustic look of rat rods.

So for something different Ive decided to create a rat rod out of a 1969 cortina that was lying around the backyard that has some potential.

Just wanted to ask the experts on what you guys think she needs to look the part.

so far the checklist is

minor surface Rust - tick
Long gangly floorshift - tick
metal front window sun visor - tick
bench seat - tick
whitewalls - needed
8 ball gearstick nob - needed
venetians - needed
Lowerd -needed

Here are some pics

10 cans of matt black
Mexican Blankets
Triple Carbs
Only Two Doors

Cheers The Zed..............................

Cooool car man!!!! But id loose the rat rod idea and go barn fresh!!!
Dont paint it!!!!
Defiantly no white walls! Go the thin red wall like on the early muscle cars.
lower- yes
Venetians- yes
Ive seen too many people try and do the rat rod look on these later style cars and it looks so wrong imo.

Paul

Love the early girl Cortinas! Just slam it and slap on some whitewalls and drive the wheels off it.

Heres some cortina rats for inspiration

PaulG wrote:Cooool car man!!!! But id loose the rat rod idea and go barn fresh!!!
Dont paint it!!!!
Defiantly no white walls! Go the thin red wall like on the early muscle cars.
lower- yes
Venetians- yes
Ive seen too many people try and do the rat rod look on these later style cars and it looks so wrong imo.

Paul

Cheers Paul, I think your on the money with some later style cars not looking the part of rat rods, but the barn fresh look will probably work.

The red walls may be the look too or I was possibly thinking a thin whitewall too as I was reading through the owners manual that was still in the glovebox & it tells you about how to look after the factory option whitewalls. Heres a pic of a factory fresh one with them. What do you think??


Id love the 2 doors Zed but sadly shes a 4 door, but on the upside its easier to get to the backseat. I may get some twin side draught webbers since its already a GT spec motor with a lumpy cam, but tripples on a 4 cyl will probably flood it.

cheers for the inspiration pics hewy, Also here are a couple of the more barn fresh look style ones

Cool as! How sweet is that blue one, low is good!!!

This is a bit of me

Hey Paul note the hubcaps