Jim, Thanks for the insight. Very helpful. Lucky you hanging onto your early 356. At my age, I'm not looking for power. Within the first 6 months I owned my Speedster in 1965 I came one point from losing my Colorado license for speeding (and it was only a 1500). I'd like to think I'm a bit more mature now, but don't need the temptation of lots of horses (plus tickets are a lot pricier now) .