I guessed it would when I was looking at it yesterday. I'm pretty sure under the swirls there is a good foundation of paint, but to be honest I've taken a bit of a punt on it condition wise . There is a pearl under all the rough though, I'm convinced!Great colour choice, the blue really does come up looking great, but does show the stone chips.
That said going on the price guide Ian does in the car club magazine a 2.2 Sport classed as "non garage-queen/non-dog but decent example" would be around the 4.9k range. I'm well under that range by a country mile