And now for a few updates,
First,
I was able to meet up with a fellow mac enthusiast in my area and do a couple of trades,
To start, I traded one of my 2 IIfxs for a Quadra 950 and a 512, probably a lateral move but I had two FXs and no Q950 so I'm happy:
Next, I traded a very nice Classic II (I had 3 of them) for a Mac SE FDHD because I needed one for my recently purchased Mac86 dos card. (My other SE has a radius accelerator in it)
and third I traded a SE/30 and a SE/30 Socketed CPU board for a IIcx and a LC 580.
All in all I think I came out ahead.
By the way,
In case someone has never seen the difference in the screens on a 580 vs 575/550/520 here is a comparison:
Lastly, just in case anyone is wondering the Bbraun/BMOW Rominator for the 512 does not work in conjunction with a dove scsi card. I tried the jumpers on 512 and plus but it just chimes continuously. I was able to make it fit in the case by soldering the roms to the rominator board but unfortunately it's just not compatible, maybe someone can figure out why? Oh well, I just moved the macsnap scsi and ram to the my new 512k. I bet it will work flawlessly with a ram card so I'm waiting for a spare the popup on ebay.