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@Lachy
so, about a year ago I moved to Argentina and a tiny bit less than a year ago I had my bike stolen in Argentina...... It was a bike I had built in Sydney and it got stolen due to my unwarrranted faith in a padlock and cable and my underestimation of the criminal underbelly of Mendoza, Argentina.
I replaced it with a crappy beater that I thought less likely to be targeted by aforementioned underbelly.
After many miles on the beater I began to think I had possilbly overreacted and aimed a little low. So I got around to making an insurance claim on the first bike, they gave me some money and I decided to use it to build up something I could enjoy riding.
In Argentina there are very few new, imported bikes/parts due to import restrictions. All new parts and bikes are brought in by individuals, so think not much of anything and double the retail price if you can find it. So I decided on a conversion. There were lots of pretty decent bikes produced locally during the 70s and 80s.
My idea of a conversion has an internally geared hub with a front disc brake.
Next came the bike search, there is a sort of ebay here and I found something that looked ok from the 3 not very good photos on the ad. due to my budget i would need to reuse as many parts from the original bike as I could, these are the photos from the ad. i went ahead and bought it, using about 1/3 of my budget, it was sold with an Italian sounding name that i can't remember.