Well just go with how much u want to pay, if you don't get it then it wasn't meant to be. Offer 480. You have to bear in mind it's an old car so won't fetch that much, and it's getting close to Xmas so they might snap your hand off and take the cash.
Mate alarm bells would of been ringing when they offered u 1300, aren't worth much at all, they are just cheap runarounds mainly bought by people who have a fetish for them, my super s with a years mot, 6 months tax, 44k on the clock and in White set me back 475 quid, I wouldn't pay much more...
im guessing the gearbox aint the fault, especially if you bought another and it was fuzzed too, what are the chances of that? whats the issue with the gearbox exactly?
Unlike many on here I've actually done the ga16 conversion, you don't need to usecan electric water pump, and I used original mounts apart from the gearbox mount, if you can, I'd use the ga16 gearbox.....136mph FTW (Y)
oops someone esle who doesnt have a clue what they are talking about, cut springs are awesome and perfectly safe, aslong as you dont drive like schumacher, pretty much like driving with standard springs, same rules apply!