Originally Posted by auchencrow

That's quite an attractive bike, TNDave.
I would go further and invest in a good pair of DT shifters (or Barcons if you prefer) since you'll be running new housing anyway, and buzz the vestigial pivots for the turkey wings and add some Cane Creek hoods. It will look like a million bucks!

PS - Thrifty Bill is correct (as usual) - Don't attempt to adjust those brakes at the levers.
Instead, loosen the cable at the caliper and back the adjusters off half-way through their range.
Then set the brakes at the cable end, with the shoes held net against the rims with a third hand tool (or help from a friend).
Then loosen the caliper mounting nut.
Secure the cable, then the caliper mounting nut. One squeeze of the lever will generally effect more than enough gap between the rim and the shoes, given the stretch in the new cable - which you can then adjust as-required at the lever.