Unknown to me if it belongs to a member here.
Basically if you were to buy a rover and modify it yourself you would spend that money and more on the conversion, so in that sense it could be good value.
I’m more interested to know why it’s been built and drives, but hasn’t been engineered. I’d almost think if it was close enough to done why not go that last step and sell it engineered where it would increase its value by more than the cost of the certificate? If it was built without input from an engineer, are we sure the alteration / upgrades are up to standard?
If you were to choose to buy it, the path to getting it certified would be a big unknown. Going by the ad the car has a home made subframe - finding an engineer to certify that in the worst case may mean pulling it out for an inspection, alteration, or replacement. Being a ‘93 model could throw up requirements not a lot of us have had to go though as most cars modified are done using pre 89 model cars to avoid the tough crash reg requirements after modding the front of the car. If you are in Vic, finding an engineer to do it at all might be a challenge in itself!
I’d bank on needing 5-6k minimum to finish and register it - Engineering could be anywhere from $1500-$4000 depending who you use and what tests they need to do (eg brakes, emissions, swerve).
Also, an engine conversion car as a daily driver will not prove to be reliable. A stock late model rover would be better at that.
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. I’ve always been keen on a vtec conversion and came across this ad https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/detail ... AD-6458702