Obviously, you have not had a chance to ride a quality vintage road bicycle. To that add that you, again obviously, do not want negative advice that would suggest spending $500 on such a bicycle would not be wise. So, there is little advice that I could offer, even though I have published a 600+ website aimed at helping people (like you) who are new to the interest in owning, building-up and riding vintage road bicycles. With that in mind, enjoy the bike and, if the bug catches, a few years from now you will realize that some of the things you won't allow to be offered, would have, in fact, been pretty useful to a newbie, such as yourself.
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"98% of the bikes I buy are projects".