Went on the hunt for a Cortina mk1 or mk2 bonnet release mechanism, one came up on gummy at Gummeracha for $20 , he posted it for another $11 , even tho he is about 45kms from me if rather it posted, cheaper than the fuel used !!

Next was mark out the position it will sit and cut the part off

Here is the removed piece , of anyone wants it let me know !

I made a template and built a replacement flat blank and welded in place

Once all measured up and marked, I used a 34mm hole punch to stamp the hole out, neat job..

I got the radiator isolators from AliExpress last week but been busy on a mates Escort to get ready for sale which sold a few days ago.

Here's the radiator mounted up and checked for fouling by giving it a decent shake, all it's good and nothing touches.

Something still to do is trim and shape the excess mounting ally so it doesn't interfere with oil cooler hoses etc. Doubt the car will be turbo so I'm not going to shoehorn an intercooler in there. And this shows the fibreglass bonnet still closes .

the lime green bonnet looks like a nice colour choice. Will make a change from the orange one seen everywhere.
Add some silver mex stripes, your white revo 4 spokes and you'd have an easy seller later on if you ever wanted to.
 
( I know the 'true' colour being mooted, but anyone want to guess if its lime green? Maybe The period Plum will get a run?)
You have about 2 weeks to guess before the paint guns dragged out, going by Marty's rate.
 
PS. Forum posters seem to be  slowly dropping away, or maybe just out and about driving?

a rollcall the;
present.
 
I think 2 or 3 is probably likley. :(

Here's an engine for you Marty
 
 
https://www.my105.com/sea...4?source=SEARCH_RESULT

Rollcall, I'm still here...
 
I'm in the 'out driving' category nowadays (although I do have a MK1 GT update) I can finally say my RS is finished, yeah I know we've all said that before but after installing the wideband o2 and tuning the carbs theres honestly nothing more I want to do but drive the wheels  off of it. My TD also goes out regularly but being so original thats never needed anything but general maintenance. 
 
Unfortunately the forums are a dying breed, fordcortina.com.au went then the aus Mk1 Cortina site although the later was a funny place and the ensuing arguments following the announcements of the Cortina nationals didn't do them any favours. 

Thankyou for turning up for class lol, Drewdog, Deano and Mark .

Mark, your buying a Link ecu or have done so, glad you've made your choice. I don't know much about standalone ecu units except a lot are easy overpriced for what they are and do. Keeping the tech backup in Aust is prolly a good plan for future.
I'm still going with speeduino as I'm not after anything fancy or pub ammo , having a ecu for $300-500 rather than $2000+ allows the saved money's to be spent on other needed stuff, firmware might be from UK? But they are very knowledged and helpful. I was going to use AEM from USA which actually is designed for a motorbike ! Anyways I'm still a long way from doing the ecu in my project .
Here is the tank inlet position after some head scratching I used a piece of scrap sheet metal and punched a hole in it so the elbow tube and making a strip with a fold to get the correct angle the inlet needs to be at, once worked out I transferred the template to the tank and proceed to holesaw the tank. I only had a 45mm so I bent up the hole edge to make the hole bigger and have something to weld to

Here is a test rig using a length of plumbing pipe to get the angle and length right

This is the rubber fuel safe pipe I'll be using, it has a 50mm I'd to match the elbow pipes
There was some slight snip action to allow the tank be placed in it's position on the boot hinge support panel, nothing that'll compromise it's strength

The original inlet pipe on the tank was plugged up using braze wire

I also Tig brazed the the elbow in place as the elbow is stainless steel and the tank is mild steel, braze is the only way to join them together