Lisa,

Great bike! It was fun to read this thread this morning and see the progress you've made with answers to your initial questions. The one down side to applying decals now is that you will ruin them if you decide to repaint in a year or two--- then you will have that expense all over again. I suggest letting time be your judge. Clean that baby up and do all the important maintenance, and then ride, ride, ride! At the end of next fall make a decision about whether you need to repaint or not. If not, then decal.

I looked into having my '66 P-13 painted at Waterford. I decided not to use them for several reasons, but the biggie was that they couldn't reproduce the original pinstripes. They were very helpful when my seat tube decal fell apart and I needed a new one.

Best of luck on your project and enjoy the ride!