Gave the frame and forks a good polish today in preparation to building the bike up. I have decided against painting the frame and instead embracing the bikes 36 or so years of knocks and scratches. There is a lot of history on that frame and in a way it would be a shame to sand it all away and paint over it.
I have polished the frame and forks as if they've just come out of the paint shop, I know a bit about this as I used to paint cars. So a good dose of rubbing compound followed by finesse and then a silicon wax on the paint and autosol on the chrome has given the bike a deep shine without making it look all shiny and new, perfect!
Managed to get the forks back on using the original headset which is still in good nick, as was the bottom bracket which will be going back in too.
Still a lot to do, I need to clean all the simplex gearing and wheels up and source cables for gears and my lovely new Weinmann brakes which I picked up last week, these really will finish the bike off a treat and are exactly what I've been after for months.
Quite excited to see this bike beginning to be reassembled at last.
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