Originally Posted by
JonBailey
I know I can easily bolt on an ape-hanger bar, a spring seat and fenders to that vintage Varsity. Stock? No. Comfortable? Yes! I would rather have that (but only in perfect like-new condition) with my mods than the thing I have now made in China that dares puts the words "Schwinn Quality" on the front of the frame. That Varsity can be restored to perfect factory-new specs for so much money than I can't afford to give up right now. There are dedicated bicycle painters and restorers. They charge big $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. I would also have to have the frame tapped and threaded for water cage screws. That steel frame can be done for that without making it weak. The China-made Discovery brand-new was the next-best thing I could find that I could afford.
You already beat this horse well past death in another silly thread you started.
You want a mint-condition 40 year old bike with some modifications for $150. I suspect you'll have better luck asking a department store Santa than you'll have starting another of these silly threads.