Originally Posted by
devinfan
Amazing find. I love the bottle green. If I may humbly suggest, I would clean that up and give it a coat of wax before thinking about a repaint. Everyone has different standards, but I would never consider repainting that bike. Also, if you ever decide to sell it, a repaint will harm the value considerably. In any case, congratulations.
This bike was originally red, and repainted by someone else, so the "original" aspect is already gone. I do plan on polishing the paint first and seeing what imperfections I can get out of it first. I kinda like that it's not perfect. That whole Grant Peterson "beauty + usage = Beausage" thing. I'm going to throw some parts on it today just to see it "complete", then I have all winter to dream/plan about how it will emerge in the spring.