Never, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever, ever,ever,ever,ever, ever, ever, ever, ever trust a 4-speed TR7, The Rover box is lightyears ahead and with the later model's stronger Diff, better suspension and dare-i-say-it better build quality (relatively speaking) is a much better buy
So RobM, you still have her? I'm thinking about going to town on mine now that I've graduated uni and doing a nice big 300bhp+ Engine conversion etc on her.... kinda a poor-man's TVR