+3 another vote for paint. Something this cool deserves to be done right, and PC will definitely clog up that beautiful bas-relief Bianchi sig on the seatstay caps - not to mention your serial numbers.

This is a nice find, particularly if you can somehow source a correct fork. Nice catch, and good luck with her!

Btw, that hole in the heart cutout on the fork: vent hole, for sure; I had nothing to do with it, either

Interesting to note that the heart cutout is the same in both the fork tangs and brake bridge reinforcements. Is that a Bianchi fork? If so, from the same era?

DD