Right you are!! I know about the Spyders--in fact, if not for my aversion to VW power, I would buy a Spyder for my 22 year old daughter, who thinks the Spyder is the coolest looking car ever built and doesn't give a whit for how fast it might run! I've been checking regularly on spyderclub.com and I'm impressed with how inexpensive they are used. I, myself, am considering a Subie powered Spyder for a future build (maybe a WRX motor???)--I had a 1963 VW that needed valve jobs so frequently that it seemed it spent more time in the shop than it did on the road, so I'm looking for more modern and trouble free "motivation". I did investigate a Porsche flat 6 powered Spyder, but found out from laneco that even used they would run $50K-$60K. I think I can build quite a roadster replica for that.
Doug