HI gang-

My wife and I both own 855's one t-5 and one R. We are consumed with the idea of getting a project 122s sedan that will eventually be the little lady's daily driver. We have driven a few and drooled at even more at the last 3 IPD garage sale events, and are finally ready to dump the time, energy and most importantly cash-money into such a venture. What im looking for from some experienced users are:

b18 vs b20... Pitfalls vs wins?
Manual trans vs Auto trans ... and wins either way?
Any specific or desirable model years that we will be kicking our selves later for buying or not buying?

We want to make the right choice from the starting line so i hope we can get some good advice here. I really know very little and am needing some guidance to start me off. Thanks so much for any information!

-G