We all know that whatever I buy, it will look fairly close to standard, but it WILL have all the engine and chassis mods from my current car

I'm fairly surprised that the vultures haven't started circling for some of the juicier bits of my current car - plenty of time yet though...

Begs the question Nigel - if yours in getting unreliable, why transplant and potentially carry the issue over? Why not repair what you have?

(I know the answer really, we all need a new toy every so often, and this is a way of justifying it to the domestic accountant!)

I take the line of Cappo and several others of keeping the Plus's and LE's as they are, everything else fair game. After all, why create your own car off a limited edition model? .. a standard 20vt or a speed 6 offers a blank canvass.

back to the original thread, I would go for a plus model , Electric Blue or Moon Grey as they are offer a colour that is almost unique. and of course they are the late models

Cappo - my reliability issues are electrical - any transplant will retain all the electrics of the new car - it will just be engine / suspension / brakes - that sort of thing

surely getting the electrics sorted would be cheaper than transplanting everything?

or is the bodywork a major factor as well ?

Sorry for jumping your thread Nigel, bit of a sore head after yesterday's game ...

Duncan - Mind your own and I'll take care of mine

nigel you could put your coop back to standard and give it to your young one

it would have to be a vinci or chrono plus Nigel......

it does sound like a lot of work though - I would have thought it would be cheaper to have your sprinty completely re-wired and a new custom loom.

Possibly, but I already know that the body needs a couple of grand's worth of work as well

Its a no-brainer really

EDz Vinci LE.

A nice Plus for Mr Nigel! Beg Ed for his Sprinty Plus, THE best colour and spec coupé

Full engine transplant or just the fancy bits?

Solo still have that red shell up.......

My choice would be Plus, bodywork is more important than the colour itself.

Going to see a 2000 'W' dark metallic red Plus on Saturday morning - fsh, new MOT, new turbo (which will obviously be going up for sale) - looks good in the piccies

Fingers crossed - I rather like the dark metallic red - same as my first Coupe which I wrote off

The plus colour is different though, it's light metallic red

Yes indeed looks very good in pics nice colour

Didn't know that - learn something every day

you are taking the piss aint you?

personaly id try and leep frog into a coupe thats almost got everything already done then sell off all the bits off your current coupe, the headache of transplanting and the time to do it right is just LONG!

I love crono gray! its a colour that shouts limited at you, iv seen one at rogs with the plate F14 TLE and it looked the class!

That's Pondmans, and it's a Vinci

is it? ok well it must of been another i remembered the plate from but rog did have a crono up there and it was MINT!

if i remember it had a plus grill on it

Vinci

Et voila, the Vinci lineup from brooklands in may!

I know yours is causing some issues Nigel but sometimes it's 'Better the devil you know'. After all these years owning one you must know that what ever new coupe you buy will need money spending on it, tracking strange squeaks and rattles etc. Keep what you have and spend the money on fixng the electrics and perhaps a good respray? You must be looking at about £5k for the new car and engine swap?

That's about right, however, consider this argument:-

Fix current car....
£2,000 for bodywork - this will be a circa 3-year fix only - the rust WILL come back - the only way to properly stop it is a full strip and lots of new panels - £4k+ (already priced up through Carlt)
Other problems are:-
Aircon leak
Sticky pistons in the Brembos
Very tired rear subframe bushes
Dodgy electrics

New car - £4k
Swap bits - about £1k in labour
However, I will then have a huge pile of bits to sell (essentially enough to build the Sprinty back up again, although it would still have iffy electrics and a leaky aircon rad) - I reckon I could get £2k if I rebuilt the old car

So - work out for yourself how much I might get for the following items:-

Engine (only 40,000 miles)
Brand new standard turbo
6 speed gearbox
wheels
brakes
standard suspension
Miltek exhaust
Zender bodykit
Bonnet
Headlamps
My super-supportive Hyundai seat conversion
Dial rings
MP3 head unit
and a million other little odds and sods before the shell goes to the crusher

At least a couple of grand in that lot, I reckon.

If someone wants to buy the Sprinty and save it, they're more than welcome to make me an offer - its got some rust - all cosmetic - but its very solid underneath. Most of the car is still very shiny, following a respray three years ago.

If you have the time and inclination to do all that lot then go for it!

I'd just use it as an excuse to get a vincy grey LE with the wife.

Wifey (who its fair to say is NOT a petrolhead, but is very good with what's "right" in respect of colours and presentation) took one look at the Vinci LE exterior and said "hmmm - nice and classy". However, when I clicked on the piccy of the interior, her face dropped and she made a comment that somehow involved boudoirs and Bakewell

decision made.....

shame you dont buy that speed 6 sprinty off carlt

So have you picked the lucky car? If so post some pictures!

just a teaser - not happy about the rear spoiler, but its not too difficult to sort out