Well mate I hope you do it.
I bought Karl's old 172 replica, best thing I have done really.
Couldn't afford insurance, tax, running costs of a 1*2 so I bought a replica instead.
I don't plan to race anyone, I don't need to drive with lots of speed, I just like the look of them and wanted to have one but as above wasen't able to afford to run one, this way I can have the best of both worlds, looks of an RS with the cheapness of 1.2.
It still has the 1.2 badges on, I have no complaints with it, I've thought about putting the 2.0l badges on mine a few times, I'm still undecided but like I read in a post before, if your not gonna be racing anyone - whats the harm in having these on?
For me it's ideal, I can't wait to see yours mate.
I'll keep checking out the thread.