Here is the finished product, thanks to Joe Bell in San Diego for the paint job and frame modifications necessary for 21st century components. And Evan at The Bicycle Stand in Long Beach for the building it up and fitting.

For those who want more details, after making an appointment with Joe Bell last summer, I removed the wheels and seat, and drove the bike down to Joe in San Diego from Los Angeles. Great guy. I took pictures of the original pink color and he spent about two hours with me going over different cans of paint from various manufacturers to find the exact shade I was looking for. He made recommendations for frame modifications. He had notebooks containing every original emblem and decal for every bike imaginable, including my Ross. He removed and saved the components and did an absolutely masterful job on the bike. He is the Micheal Jordan of bike painters.

Evan at The Bicycle Stand in Long Beach is an expert in refurbishing classic bikes, as evidenced by the numerous vintage Colnagos, Masis, etc hanging in the store. He spent hours with me on the front end discussing different component options and really understood what I was trying to accomplish and made great recommendations. He spent hours after fine-tuning the fit. The end result, and this is the only word that truly captures it, is "*****in'".

Beautiful!

Wow. That looks fantastic.
As much as I like my 294 S, it has nothing like that quality of lugwork. I would put your frame up against other top American builders without a problem.

This process of refurbishing this bike has given me a whole new perspective on what a great bike this is, from the response on this forum to the people who did the makeover. Thanks to everyone.

That's a beautiful, and FAST looking bike! .

Almost as fast as you made it look 30 years ago!

Enjoy!

I have an early ross kellog frameset. 531. Nice but a tad whippy.

That Ross is gorgeous! I really liked the deep candy red (it is one of my favorite colors) but that pink looks hot. But what really does it are the components: matching black stem (conversion!), bars, & seat post; white saddle and bar tape; all black wheels/tires and freaking Chorus groupset. Yet another example in my eyes of how to do a modernized steel race frame superbly. We can all go home now. (oh wait, we're already home...)

RiddleOfSteel (derived from Caress of Steel by Rush?) Thank you SO MUCH for that feedback. My hope was to reinvent its glory day state from the 80s, when it had all white contrast. That combo looked awesome back in the day - when all the components were metallic silver. It looks different with today's current black components and I wasn't sure if I was gonna stick with the white seat and bar tape or switch to all black. Your feedback is very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

If it's not as fast as it was in 1985, I'll understand

You're welcome! I saved the pictures to my computer as well. I know with bright sunlight and cameras, that colors can show their full depth--is that pink a pretty straightforward hue, or is there some pearl to it? It looks like it takes to some color change, which of course is always cool.

Riddle Of Steel from Conan the Barbarian the movie. My avatar pairs with it, even if Arnold is now holding up a '60s Paramount.

Wowza