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From: NJ, NYC, LI
Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
There are extensive descriptions of how to pack a bike on the internet. I suggest you read them before doing anything to the bike, and unless you're quite comfortable with what you read, don't do anything to the bike even after reading. That bike is too valuable to muck around with if you're not quite confident of what you're doing. I would not trust my local bike shop to do it right, either.