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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
Your description matches the front rim on my orange Norman. I painted the rim, nipples and chrome and all, with rattlecan chrome. It doesn't look like chrome, but it looks much better than it did. And I believe it protects the rim from further rust, at least to some degree. In fact, it looks a lot like aluminum now; that's not my first choice, but it'll do.