Update, after little happening with the car over the last few months I have now looked at the shell again and realistically it will cost the equivalent of a decent saph to get upto the standard I'd be happy with. So taking that into account I have decided to combine this and the fact I've always wanted a cossie estate.
I'm now on the hunt for a good estate in a non shit colour which is proving to be a big ask. For the sake of ease I'm looking for a rwd/petrol injection/manual one so that I have a decent fuel system etc and it's less to have to swap over.
I'm in discussions about a couple of cars but one is rusty and the other one is 600 miles away, so transport costs are almost as muh as the car.