Update

I tried to contact the current owner of the Spider half a dozen times. He never picks up the phone, and never returns my calls. So I'm left to assume that he is not at all interested in parting with the car. Although I wish things were different, I can understand why he wants to keep it. The past is the past and (for now) the Spider is going to stay in my past. I'll try again every six months or so. I haven't completely given up, but I'm putting the entire process on the back burner.