Ok here you go... Twice upon a time a guy one day decides he likes old tank bikes. He proceeds to find his way through an island community, walk through a cob-web covered, mice infested, sandy floored basement to seek out a JC Higgins Color-Flow tank bicycle. At that moment, he was convinced that he would set out to find balloon tank bikes with lots of character. Not necessarily the most collectible, the most expensive or even the prettiest. Nonethless, they would certainly have character! He wasn't to hip on restoring them to their original "perfect" condition; but to simply clean, tune, replace parts that are missing with original parts. Most importantly, allow the original "patina" to tell all the stories it could during an occassional voyage down the street. Every scratch, dent, chip and cracked reflecter has a history to it. Why change that in his book !