Thanks to everyone who responded to me and provided pics and information. After carefully considering which speedster would be best for my wife I have decided on one.... I'll post pictures when the deal is complete. Basic decision came down to 1) your advice to get a basic model to see what I like/ dislike with hands on experience and upgrade later. I did not want to get her a flared one or a fast one or a red one or silver or black and it needed to be more classic than modern with as much original details as possible, yet be around the $15 K mark. I did want a "local" buy if possible to take advantage of know how and expertise ( I found a few new friends this way as well!)and save the 1-2 K shipping costs. Mechanical soundness ( no project car) was a priority, classic looks second and peppy-ness third. Sow what did I get? Stay tuned.
On another note I am sending my wife, Elizabeth, off to school for three days this weekend to get her prepped for owning a speedster. But its still a surprise so the school I sent her to is the Factory Five Build school in Howell MI. Three days of learning how to build from the 'stang' up an AC Cobra. I get to keep the kids all three days, which will be fine as we hope to go and pick up the surprise speedster and store it in a barn over the weekend. The plan is once she finishes the school she'll be more confident about speedsters as well and her knowledge of the "breeed". Then I'll do a scavenger hunt on Wed. to have her find clues to the barn, last clue the keys with a Porsche fob, and open the barn and wallah, her very own speedster. Thats the plan anyway. I hope to capture her face on camera when she sees the Speedster.
Special thanks to John L, Frank T, Shawn, Alan, Carey and everyone else who wished me well on my first speedster buy. If my master plan works I'll get another one (of my own) next year - a very red- very zippy one!
Ron
