The funny thing about this purchase was I felt like it was a Seinfeld episode. I answered the ad on cl and spoke witb the old mans wife because he is hard of hearing. She told me when she married him she also married his bike. He rode it everyday. He cared for it. I asked if it had scratches or dents. She yelled my questions to her husband. I was expecting to find a pristine condition bike. When i arrived to see the bike, the old guy was standing there holding it , very proudly. He starts telling me how much he loved the bike and how great it wax. I had to buy the bike because I did not want to hurt his feelings. Not only is he hard of hearing, he must be blind as a bat. The bike is missing half its paint and looks like it never had a good cleaning. If it brought him so much joy, im sure it will bring me some as well. Looks kind of cool with all that patina. I will need to clean hrr up and see.