Originally Posted by
smd4
An old French coin equal to 12 deniers?
Well, the paint would only be original once, and the downtube decal is pretty cool. I would strip all the blue parts (maybe you can just strip the blue anodizing layer off the rims with lye / oven cleaner), and if it's still too blue for you, perhaps you can have someone paint some panels on the bike ... give it a 70's vibe .. 1974 raleigh gran sport ...
One of my favorite paint jobs of all time is red with these asymmetric panels :
