Originally Posted by
Jiggle
Don't listen to these downers. Go ahead and build it. Let me recommend a strategy:
Buy the frame you want.
Use Youtube, google search, manuf. data, etc... to educate yourself on headsets and fork types
Buy the fork you want.
Educate yourself on bottom brackets, component groups, brakes, and the tools you'll need.
Buy the groupset.
Etc....
When you get it all together, if you still have some uncertainty, take it to the LBS and have the mechanic go over it.
...and all of that is justified in the quest to get the aesthetics he desires? The odds of finding a frame that "looks right," is the proper size and style, that has paint in excellent shape (remember, aesthetics is the only criteria he has specifically mentioned), is not bent nor damaged, is compatible with modern fork, BB and wheel specs is miniscule.
I and others are not being "downers" but rather being honest and accurate about the problems with his plan. Incidentally, the OP would need to educate himself
before buying the frame.