I agree with you on their potential as sturdy race cars - I've picked up three in the last few months. I still prefer my coupes but for ease of parts/cars and guilt-free abusing I reckon the Sunny is a lot of fun. Plus it's also the last chance to own an A series powered car and if you get tired of that the auto tunnels and engine bays are comparatively huge and just beg for a late model FI motor and box. I'm always on the lookout for 1200 coupes but they're getting relatively rare in NZ now and probably deserve to not be cut up into race cars.