Kaaaaaaandries' pursuit for the ultimate vintage roadie!

First (and likely) candidate;

Concorde Aquila
Columbus tubing - unkown specifics but I would guess Aelle or Thron? Surely higher end tubing would be labelled accordingly?
Mixture of Shimano bits
Mavic Module 4 rims on Deore XT hubs
Came with a Fizik Tunrda saddle which was swiftly removed - hideous thing!

but most importantly - 54cm for both top tube and seat tube!

Been using this for a week now and it rides and feels great, although as you will know probably most if not all the parts will be changed. From what I've been told it was owned by an older gent who ran a bike shop in Christchurch and he swapped the gearing from something more knee friendly hence the Deore rear deraileiur(?) and wider chunky wheels - cassette covers a wide range too! Not a fan of the wheels in it's current state, running 28c tyres- makes it feel slow.

I've also been told it has a weird seatpost size of 25.2... Not sure if that's common but I'll check in the Concorde thread.

I think it goes without saying that I'll try and build it up with 105 parts first and perhaps save up to try SRAM later. Is that advisable though to chuck so £300+ at this? I know some may think it isnt especially if the tubing does turn out to be gaspipe but going from what @anidel says Concorde are pretty well renowned for being good quality.

Anyway, my first dilema is do I just go for the 105sc or the anodised colour... Luckily I have a silver and gunmetal set of wheels which will match each although I will be contradicting myself as not all the parts will quite match, more on that later..

@JamesNQ can you link me to your CP? I recall reading it and remember you had a Bob Jackson in white, green and blue? I might be imagining alot of that though...

p.s. also so tempted to get that Dawes Impulse back... if only I knew when I sold it!