Bob,
How right you are, and funny that you should mention the joy of a 303*. Of the four engines I decided to keep out of the dozens that I sold, one of them is the 303 that ran under our tree before a 1st birthday was celebrated for me, any for many years after.
*But also from some of the latest and greatest. I'm now the happy owner and operator of three very recently purchased AF FC-BT engines. Back to the future, or forward to the past? You decide.
Dave