Sounds like you`re into some serious up-grading! My most imminent finding was how a very cool bike turned into a technical advanced dito with only small alterations; I bought a new Crescent road bike in 2007 and I expected a lot. It turned out to be my worst bike ever as geometry and lightness didn`t match my riding style. I sold it and started the work on my Monark. Now I get that "new feel" every time I ride!

(Well, I`m swedish and I never saw that model either...between you and me; she never rode it!).