Bought another track Clio, what to do?

[Mistercorn]

I was looking at fitting a cage, extinguisher, vut off switch, rear ARB to my 172 cup when I came across a shell on eBay with all these fitted and decent suspension but no seats / engine / gearbox / exhaust.
My current car is road legal but SORNd, do I transfer the bits across from my 172 cup and sell off the shell with these bits missing, source the bits from elsewhere and sell my current car as a track/road car, put original bits back in mine and convert it back more to standard spec, keep it as it is as a spare car, or something else? Any suggestions appreciated....
I only put a cheeky bid on the car, I didn't expect to actually win the auction


MC

 

[Bluebeard]

Red one with yellow bumpers?

 

[Mistercorn]

Yes

 

[MG cup]

Isn't it a ex cup racer shell?

 

[Bluebeard]

Very nice shell that looked. If it ad gone for under a grand I'd have had a go with that myself.

 

[Mistercorn]

I don't know any more about it than it says in the advert. I just added up the cost of the bits I wanted for mine and realised this was probably cheaper (a weld in cage was going to be about £1k) I have a spare engine but it needs a rebuild before I use it. It looks like I will have a busy winter... Any thoughts on the car from the forum experts appreciated.

MC

 

[MG cup]

Got a link to the shell? I have seen the car before but never I never seen the eBay add.

I have a nice complete 172 cup that I may swap you if its the right spec, would be a nice spare shell for racing by the sounds of it.

 

[Mistercorn]

Not sure about posting links from my phone...

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=190898420635

MC

 

[MG cup]

If you would consider a swap for my cup below then PM me, it would come to you as a standard car as far as buckets/harnesses/steering wheel/front calipers as they're needed for my race car.

I'm not trying to put you off but FYI custom shafts and a few other changes are needed to run a standard driveline from another Clio with the cup racer suspension, I have it all fitted to my race car.

My road cup goes very well considering the spec with a full recent suspension overhaul, everything is 100% mechanically having been a stripped and rebuilt basically 6 months ago.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?686821-Another-Clio-172-Cup-Road-Track

 

[Mistercorn]

I have a road car at the moment, I'm looking for something with an extinguisher / cage / cutoff switch /rear ARB. These are the mods I was going to do to my car so there would be no point me going to another car without them. It's just that I picked this whole car up for less than it would cost me to do those mods to mine so I need a rethink on what to do.

MC