ended up picking up a 1988 nishiki olympic (steel) frame, fork, vintage cinelli handlebars, campy seatpost (and some unused in the bulid campy hoods, campy index shifters and campy brake levers)
about 4 months ago for a little less than $350 including shipping. paint/decals pretty good, proceeded to slap on campy potenza and some conti gp 5000's, all told, the buy/build was about $2k.
a little pricey but i've been riding the hell out of it and i have 3 other road bikes. upgraded from a 12-speed width with a 10-gear, 11-30 cassette on it which comes in handy around here.
couldn't be more pleased with the ride. beats the hell out of my 1985 pinarello treviso steel ride.