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T5
Moppie, the T5 is the BTR Australia (previously Borg-Warner) 5 speed gearbox which was until recently found in all manual Falcons (the XR's now have the Tremec 3650 and I'm not sure what the Forte etc use) and was used in the Commodore prior to the switch to Getrag 5speed in VR. The Tremec 6 speed in the SS is another gearbox again.
The T5 was also used in some of the Fox Mustang's too. It's a reliable gearbox which is capable of handling a fair amount of torque (including the EB III on 302W).
I think the gearbox you were thinking of is the Celica 5 speed which came in steel and alloy cases. (There's one in the race-car and also two more in several pieces in the workshop until we worked out a fix - well we hope it fixes the problem!)
As far as I know the Cologne V6 wasn't widely used in the US but was confined to Capri, Cortina and Sierra in Europe - I could be wrong but there aren't a lot of RWD Ford Platforms except Mustang and Crown Victoria (and I think the Mustang used a six in a few models).
Robert, you could try contacting Quaife in the UK - they do lots of bits in this area (eg Aisin-Warner 6 speed conversions etc) or they could probably put you in the right direction. I used to have one of their catalogs but this got cleared out when I relocated offices - but they are on the web.
Best of luck and let us know how you get on... incidentally this isn't for the XR4x4 because the T5 is a RWD box? I seem to recall the XR4x4 used a Ford sourced MTX75 box...
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