Hi Acra,
as you are at the start planning your build, you could be a bit more adventurous!.
Take ~400 mm of length out the front engine bay, and mount the entire C1 transaxle in one piece in a 400mm triangulated extension behind the seats, leaving the Roadsters wheelbase as it was.
You might even get away with using the C1 suspension struts and possible the C1 lower wishbones/subframe!
Leave everything else as it is apart from the rear diff / rear wishbone mounts.
The trans tunnel could be narrowed but unless you need the space, leave as it is!
Its a route we will all have to think about anyway as the RWD get older/rustier and rarer!
Perhaps a Fiesta/Clio/Corsa etc donored Roadster with modern engines form 1.2 to 2.0 (even diesel if it floats your boat!)
Is there a book in it!
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