I am in the market for a road bike and have talked to a couple of bike shops and friends and my friends say that I should buy and older (vintage) road bike to save money, and it would give me a project to work on. New road bikes are extremely expensive for a college student like me and just wanted some advice on what kind (brand, year, etc.) of bike I should look into?

The only suggestions I have recieved so far is maybe a Cannondale (sp?), Raleigh, or a Peugot (sp?) in the late 80's models, but I really have no idea.