This could almost be my story... I recall that green X on the Road and Track Mag cover might as well been a Penthouse Mag to me the way I oogled it.
I've always wanted a '74 for all the reasons listed above, both now and when I was a teenager. In 1981, I traded a 1980 Plymouth Champ (not paid off and was heading back to school) for a 1976 X1/9 that I drove my first two years of college.
Fast forward to my daughter being in college at ASU, and before I made a trip out to visit her I glanced in the Phoenix craigslist and saw a nice looking '78. After a little haggling and repair at my daughters place, I drove it home.
Then not 6 months later, a '74 came up for sale on ebay (jaan's green X), After a little bit of haggling, jaan changed his mind and decided he wanted to keep his '74 a bit longer. Thats when the '74 I now have showed up for sale here on xweb. And 2.5 hours later we made a deal and I drove up to norcal with my son and brought my blue '74 home.
And the '78 is for sale.
So whats the moral of this story?
He with wrong year X will make it right eventually. :italia: