I have used a rod with "some" blue on the big end when there was no evidence of a spun bearing in the journal, I did have it resized though and the machine shop said it was good to go and not to worry about it.
I would just offer to buy the shell from him and be done with it, and make sure if you do that its delivered to your house with a good title before you pay for it.
The newer or older 7 bolt is not too bad, you would want a 98'-99' if you can get one, or even a 93'-94' are decent versions too, but they mount like a 6 bolt would.
I would say that the car is worth what they are asking for it, you wont find many that are that clean, for any amount of money for that matter, some will say that its a bit steep, but find another one for less, not likely, these cars are toys and...
It sounds like you have a good deal, your either lucky or luck had nothing to do with it and you just made an understanding between the two of you, either spoken or unspoken, my feelings are probably from observing my own parents, my dad was a...
100% spot on, EVERY holiday is about females in this modern society, there are zero expectations for women, when do men get a day? fathers day? thats a joke, there is no pressure for women to buy or do anything for men on fathers day, nothing...
Keep in mind that it IS the off season for hot rods right now, some of us are in winter mode and just getting other things in life dealt with and taking a break before jumping back into things.
There is no immobilizer in the 2g ecu, what car is your ecu from? the 2g Spyder is different from the normal hard top 2g when it comes to how the mpi relay is triggered.