My first 10-speed was a late 60's Raleigh Record given to me by my next-door neighbor. Probably 1982-ish. I just rescued it from purgatory in my parents' damp cellar where it sat for about 25 years. The fork turned out to be badly bent. I don't remember crashing the bike, and when I took the fork out, I found that the steerer tube was also bent (loose headset at time of crash?) There was heavy wear on the steerer at the lower headset cup, so I must've ridden this too-big (I was 10) deathtrap all over town, no helmet either.
Cut to last night; I clamped in an old Sturmey front hub, put a big honking piece of iron pipe on the fork and wedged it in the stairs to the barn loft; several strategic "oomphs" and semi-scientific sightings along a metal meter stick and it was done good enough for the mellow riding I have planned for it.

"BEFORE" pic: