Lots of work over the last few months getting the mechanicals sorted. Dad and I put the engine and gearbox in. I fitted a new gear reduction starter and a new alternator designed to look like a generator. Both were sourced from Mike at Yesterford in Melbourne. I made up new braided fuel line complete with an inline fuel filter and fit the tank. Best of all the car fired up first go which is nice considering I had changed the polarity of the car and run new electronic ignition so it wasn’t exactly the same wiring as what it was when everything was pulled out. Finally the car was shipped off to Performance Exhaust at Northmead for a new stainless exhaust. The boys did an awesome job with quite a bit of fabrication required to make everything fit. The headers are Pacemakers and while they are made for Mk1 Cortina, they touched the alternator and cross member. To get some clearance required the #1 runner to be cut with a new section welded in. The car has now headed back to Warwick for final paint while I get the headers ceramic coated.
Rubber gasket for fuel tank. 
Fuel tank installed 
New fuel tank sender unit. 
New braided fuel line. 
New fuel line and brand new sender wire in the correct trace colours. 
Fuel line was run through the factory clips. 
It was difficult to get the correct taper fit at the fuel pump but no leaks so all good. 
Inline fuel filter was installed at the rear of the car. 
Engine installed. Pacemaker headers were cut and had a flange welded on. 
Gearbox in. 
Tailshaft in. 
Gearbox mount was powder coated and new bolts used. 
New clutch line and master cylinder. 
Clutch line runs pretty close to the headers. 
Reconditioned radiator installed with new bolts. 
New radiator cap. 
Car up on the hoist ready for the exhaust. 
Underside is looking very neat. 
Reproduction rear bracket courtesy of the Cortina Club in the UK. 
Exhaust is a 2.25 press bent (well mostly) stainless system that follows pretty closely the original design. 
Muffler and resonator were hand built by the guys at Performance Exhaust Centre and are a work of art. 
Headers will be ceramic coated. 
Muffler and resonator were hand built by the guys at Performance Exhaust Centre and are a work of art.
Greg's Cortina Mk1 GT Build 