Barracuda - Totally Driven!

There's a Manitou 3 on Ebay right now, which I believe is what the A2T originally had, but I am a little concerned about the condition as I really know nothing about forks. Here's the listing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Retro-Answer-Manito ... _500wt_901

Now that the A2T is almost here, I need to find an appropriate fork for it. Any suggestions?

OK, I will soon.

hmm..

Thanks for the tutorial, mix! So, I asked my aunt who lives very nearby Sausalito to go pick this A2M up for me, but, as always seems to be my luck, for some odd reason the owner suddenly changed her mind about selling and said she's decided to keep her 'cuda after all. How weird! This was a while a...

I see that. Thanks, Mark!

BTW, I wish the emoticons could be improved, but maybe that's just me.

Mark, you're forgetting that mix would rather have a Barracuda that's not been loved.

It looks good, mixalive! Thanks for sharing the pictures!

I think some people are just excessively worried about being scammed and are unable to discriminate between a safe transaction and an unsafe one. If it's not what they're used to they think it has to be unsafe.

So basically it's not worth getting then? I know you guys said it was a good deal earlier, but nobody's gotten it, so... ?