If you do settle on the Citabria, one thing would be to ensure the one you buy has a good wing spar situation: wood or metal, AD compliance etc. At least you can get factory parts easily for a Citabria!
Thanks for that Silvair. The Citabria is certainly the one I want to go for, but it sounds an expensive mount to operate over here in the UK. Still trying to figure out the comparitive costs of the two types vs performance benefit.
The Airtourer is a possibility and I do know of one that might come up for sale.
Tricky ( and expensive! ) game this flying lark.............