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Don’t let the naysayers dissuade you. It’s a simple enough conversion, and I agree, probably better for the folks who will be getting them.
keep the stem friction shifters or get some cheap bar mount friction shifters. They’re about 15 on Amazon. The stem mounts will be fine though.
Dirt common 25.4 bars will work great.
the stem is probably 25.4, but if it happens to be 26.0 it’s easy to shim with a beer can.
you’ll need brake levers for anything that didn’t have v brakes. If you can scavenge some from an old mtb or an upright Schwinn or something like that, great.
and you’ll need new brake lines.
if you have this stuff laying around it’s pretty easy and a bike like that takes well to an upright conversion.
but if you don’t have this stuff around then the cost will quickly exceed the cost of the bike