Redback Motorsport had a new Escort steering rack for $195, seemed like a fair enough price so that became the first part for my car.

I have also got a pair of TE Cortina uprights coming next week ($100 for the pair) and a bit of an impulse buy was a set of factory Cortina Ghia alloy wheels on EBay- won’t be needing them for a while, but can’t go wrong at $10 each .
We have a council clean-up next week, so we are spending the weekend clearing all the junk out of the garage.