When i first got my bike it didnt have any decals. It got resprayed with red spray paint at some point in its life.
Heres some pictures from before i started restoring it.
Heres a picture of what the forks looked like before i cleaned them up and repainted them
All i have left to do on the bike is to finish dismantling the frame(i have the crank,seat tube thats stuck, and the bearing holders left on the frame) then repaint it, get some of those expensive foil decals and install, get a new seat tube, then put it all back together after i make it extra shiny, im still not done wiht the forks, theres a few places i need to touch up then i need to wet sand and polish the paint, and then i need to polish the metal.