Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
Not many "vintage" bikes were made "one at a time". The Paramounts of the 1960's were made in very small numbers, but by 1972 or so, a much larger number was being made by a variety of builders. Most of the "vintage" bikes we see, such as Panasonics, Bridgestones, Motobecanes, were made on factory assembly lines turning out hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of bikes each day.
I totally agree that these bikes are usually not worth restoring, although you can sometimes buy a good NOS bike that has been sitting in an attic for half a century. As per my earlier comment about restorations being as expensive as a new riv, I was thinking of high end classic bikes, not the mass market kinds.