Thanks ._T_. and GT, much appreciated.
Try as I might I can't interest her in a LS400 (grey import) or an IS200 (so far), so its compromise all the way after that. And now she mentions replacing the wide-body Camry with a newer one or a Magna, and my skin really starts to crawl then....
I do plan to keep and use the Lexus autobox.
The photo of the Soarer and Crown mounts is great !
And those 3 gentlemen are who I had in mind when I get to some specific questions.
Thanks,
Mitch.