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The venerabe Tim & I disagree about Webers vs Strombergs. My 2 sets of Webers, once right, never required any maintenance, while my two friends w/Strombergs are often changing diaphrams, etc. Performance-wise, Webers are the best as well.

Window frames didn't bother me at all, as noted above, they sort of disappear.

I had S4, which IIRC, is signficantly heavier than the earlier/earliest body styles, but was quite sturdy. OTOH, if one wanted to flare the fenders for more track width and bigger tires, much easier on round fender openings of earlier cars.

There are threads here about reinforcing the chassis and other topics, altho I loved my Spyder chassis & rear suspension. A must is to have the "safety" half-shafts so if a rubber donut goes, the h/s doesn't eat your car. I went with Spyder drive, so had only 1 donut per side, vs 2. Much better, smoother to drive.

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