Classic & Vintage - Pinarello year model?

I just bought this Pinarello Veneto on Ebay. It's probably not a classic or vintage, but it is gettig close. The seller thought it was an '88 or '89, presumably because of the decal referencing the '88 TdF, without mention of Indurain's victories. However, I found the '87 and '89 catalogs on www.bulgier.net and both of those have Columbia tubing. As the pictures show, this bike had Oria tubing. Does anyone know what years Pinarello used this particular tubeset?
The decals on this bike are in amazing shape. Every other Pinarello I have seen near this ones age was missing most of its decals. Does anone know any tricks to preserve these? I want to ride this bike.
Don't say it, I'm replacing the ugly bar tape. I haven't decided if I'll go with white cello like the catalog or black cork.

Pinarello's next TdF victory was with Indurain in 1992, so presumibly the bicycle is no newer than that. My references indicate that Oria ML 25 was used on the 1991 & 1992 Veneto. Sorry, I can't tell you what was used on the 1990 model.

Pinarello decals from the 80's were little more than pigment, transferred from the backing material with pressure. The pigment was fragile, and subject to drying and cracking. A clearcoat over these decals is almost required to preserve the transfers. I don't know what the decals on a 90's vintage bike are like - if you can see clear material between the letters, these are either waterslide or vinyl, and much more resistant to weathering - a clear coat is still a good idea though.

Pinarello decals from the 80's were little more than pigment, transferred from the backing material with pressure. The pigment was fragile, and subject to drying and cracking. A clearcoat over these decals is almost required to preserve the transfers. I don't know what the decals on a 90's vintage bike are like - if you can see clear material between the letters, these are either waterslide or vinyl, and much more resistant to weathering - a clear coat is still a good idea though.
Thanks for the information. Would you recommend I use a can of clearcoat spray, just over the decals or professionally doing the whole frame?

I have tried both ways -- semigloss was deemed the best spray, because overspray is not noticeable. my personal favorite solution was spraying some gloss clear in the spraycan cap, then carefully brushing it on with a small fine brush, just to cover the decals themselves. It is thin enough and smooths itself enough that brushmarks are really not a problem (don't brush it to death, and work quickly, as the spray stuff dries faster than stuff out of a bottle).

Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for.

I just noticed that my pictures were removed from my post. I assume this was done by the copyright police, since they were from the ebay ad. My bad. I will post my own soon.

I just noticed that my pictures were removed from my post. I assume this was done by the copyright police, since they were from the ebay ad. My bad. I will post my own soon.
nah, we are having problems with the server move/database and attachments
are not working correctly.
we don't have copyright police here unless someone complains about
a picture.

marty