Man, that is a beautiful bike! The b4 and after pics are great John. Really is saving a bit of Americana.
Your thread title made me think of this. Carol's Mom broke her hip a while back and used a walker for a short time. (Tuff, tuff old bird. It embarrassed her to need one so walked around until she no longer needed it) But I was sitting on the couch lubing the wheels and when I was reassembling it with a 10mm ratcheting wrench, Carol walked past and with out looking down said; "Your favorite wrench" I don't think Carol has turned a wrench more then 20 times in her life but knew my favorite by sound! (just thought that was funny. That and I am the luckiest Son Of a Bicyclist on the planet)