Looking at 12k aud for a first car/project with 6 months lead time before I'll ever need to drive it much at all. I have saved for this for over a year now I'm interested in manual and the current shortlist is Soarer 2jz doing a manual swap Is300 doing a manual swap Mx5 nb/nc Integra dc4 I'm interested in and really appreciate other suggestions, and advice, thank you guys.