Originally Posted by
ericmerg1
no, when I posted my initial idea of building it up I was basically told that the bikes value was too low to be worth it, family history didnt apparently matter so I took the hint that they didn't care about it. I may have had just a few rude people but i just removed the thread and moved on with my life.
This cold response didn't sound like the C&V crowd I'm familiar with, so I dug up your original post out of curiosity:
http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...e-project.html
The majority of respondents were actually quite supportive of you overhauling it, and generally provided friendly, helpful advice. And to be fair to the one or two folks who recommended against it based purely on financial considerations, you hadn't really conveyed any sentimental attachment to the bike ("
my uncle has a vintage laying around"). It really is a friendly group over there.
In any event, nice job on the overhaul!