<Sigh!> It's been a long debated choice Tim, but I now have two good BX's - just in different ways.
The TZD is mechanically great but cosmetically dreadful.
The Athena
was a bag of spanners but cosmetically mint. It's now mechanically reasonable once more.
I only logically have room on my drive for 2 cars and the Bora's nearly new, so getting rid of that would see me singing falsetto in double quick time.
The mechanical work on the Athena is easier to carry out (and can be done so piecemeal) than the dents and scrapes on the TZD, plus the Athena has a sunroof, plenty of space in the engine bay and is, mechanically speaking, fairly simple compared to the shoehorned-in Turbo Diesel. Using the best parts from the TZD I reckon I make the Athena a lot better (and repair some of the bodged repairs it's had in the past).
In any case, I'm already seeing green algae starting to sprout on the TZD and she's only been sorned for 3 months. Trying to store her outdoors here (no room in the workshop - that's reserved for the Bora and the Skorpion) in this damp maritime climate will see her start to compost within 6 - 8 months.
I know I'll probably regret it - but using the TZD as a donor and giving someone off here a decent diesel engine seems a better use of the car than letting it slowly rot away on my drive.
Strewth chaps! You'd think I was trying to give away a dose of Itchy Jockstrap, the flak I'm taking here.