The Perfect Auto-X/Road Course Car...

[cheapthrillz]

Hey guys, I have been thinking about a car strictly for auto-x/road race. My future wife is showing interest in our hobby (I promise I'm not trying to push her into it) and I thought that I would take advantage of this oportunity to help her decide on a good car to build and race. The intentions would be to find a good stock/slightly modified platform that I could help her build as her driving skills increase. I feel like sharing a hobby would give us things to do together on the weekends and such.

So the question would be, what would make a good racecar? The criteria would be:
- nothing with a super high initial investment (aka. 1st gen, etc.)
- a good platform to build on (doesn't have to be a PROVEN platform though)
- obtainable parts (no oddball rare cars)
- decent styling (of course.... to a female's liking)

So here are a few of the cars I have in mind:

Her No. 1 choice:


Corvairs:


Porsche 914's:


Late 2nd gen f-body (or maybe 3rd gen):



Anybody have anyother good candidates?