ah there seems to be some confusion....

i've been offered a 2 door shell with a log book, and i'm going to be putting all the parts from the 4 door onto the 2 door... so it would be effectively like restoring the 2 door, but with all the gear from the 4 door... I had considered buying an up and together 2 door, but they're so expensive! and i'm in the unfortunate position of having more skills than money!

i'm also in the position now where the mot is coming up and i know it's going to need a lot of welding to get it through, so why not buy a bare 2dr shell that will probably need about the same amount of work to get it uptogether as the 4dr.

thanks for the advice though, and any more advice with this transformation would be hugely appreciated!