Here are two bikes that are "restoration challenges" :
http://tinyurl.com/
Some day, we should have an annual contest on the CR mailing list on who can take the WORST BIKE and make it THE BEST BIKE while throwing away THE LEAST STUFF and or SPENDING THE LEAST MONEY. Steve Maas has done it many times :
http://www.nonlintec.com/
I think it would make a great annual CR contest !!
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA