Converting a focus driver?

[red_lotus]

A friend of mine currently has a 4 door Focus as his chariot,yesterday he borowed my S1, and now appears to have a Lotus itch and seems very keen to scratch it! With a buget of £10,000 for the car he asked what to look for? So here goes I'm thinking a nice normal S1 that the insurance people won't freak out over too much. Recent C service and head gaskett change I think would be a plus,less than 60K on the clock a tracker , FSH and maybe even a sports exhaust. What's the thinking guys and girls, asking too much, should we prioritise?

[shangani]

For that spec privately you should get something around 9K and have leftover in the piggy bank for mods / repairs etc. Have a look in the PH classifieds - loads for sale.

[Esprit]

I'd imagine that a reasonable mileage S1 should be able to be had for that money, bad time of year to buy and all though :P But yeah, Standard S1 is the way to go... as much fun as any Elise variant really, if not exactly the quickest, I'd start with an unmolested base-spec one with a full service history and go from there.