I have been lucky enough to own and ride a bike similar, perhaps identical, to the OP's. Nice job of street restoration - well done!

Repainting the bike would prove to be a bad idea. Take a look at Should I Paint My Bike? and, perhaps, you will come to understand why repainting is an expensive and rarely cost effective endeavor.

My guess is that, considering your present successful build, you might want to try it again. If so, might I suggest the Test Ride be implemented before you do all the work. Perhaps a look at Test Riding Vintage Bicycles will shed some welcome advice on the subject.

For what it is worth, Big Green was my first attempt to street restore a vintage road bicycle. I made all of the major mistakes - too big for me, bent frame, bent fork and I stripped the rather nice paint to do my own thing. Foolish, foolish, foolish, in my opinion. Anyway, Big Green my first restoration effort which rode like a damaged tractor...