Originally Posted by
kroozer
+1 on contacting Hilary Stone. Also, if you are looking for something new to work on, build up the bike with period parts. It will take you longer to track down the parts, and they will be a bit more expensive than 70's parts, but you'll learn a lot and you'll end up with a more distinctive bike.
I figure this will be a long project with many iterations. Long term, I would like to get it period correct which I'm sure will be way more time and money than I planned. Shorter term, I may try to see if I can get it put together as ridable without making any changes that are irreversible.