What would YOU do in this situation?

[Wuss]

From a financial and overall "headache" factor, what would you do?

Here's the situation, and all with an SR20 / RB20 swap in mind, which donor car would you pick?

choice 1. a s13 or POSSIBLY an s14 in excellent condition inside and out, hardly any ( if any ) reconditioning needed to the actual car. The catch is that it's an automatic, and you'd have to deal with the transmission conversion at the time of the motorswap.

choice 2. Get an s13 with a manual so you don't have to deal with an auto->manual conversion at time of swap. Catch is that the body needs to be worked on. You're probably looking at 1 or 2 body panels that need to be replaced, possibly some minor rust ( typically on the spoiler mounts ) and car would probably benefit a lot from a respray. Interior, is not to bad, just musty and a crack here and there.

Given these 2 choices, which would you rather deal with financially and stress-factor ? The automatic conversion, or working on the body?

Thanks for any input.