Thanks for all the replies. I did forget to mention I bought an MOT failed 2.5 litre 24 valve v6 156 on Ebay a month ago with this project in mind, the car is about 75% rust but the engine is sound. This is going to be grafted into the Elise over the next few weeks and hopefully by then I will have a solution for the body.

John - I saw the bargain basement thread, contacted the owner and was told he had scrapped the car. From a €10000 euro asking price to a scrap yard seems a big loss to me!!

Proto Tipo - I have looked at the Dino body but just love the shape of the stratos, I know what I have planned isn't an original but I'm hoping I can pay homage to it as much as possible!

Thanks again all

Cheers

Stu