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shallow rims will be both period correct and the sensible choice for the conditions
Any clincher will be wrong if you're aiming for period correct.
I wouldn't worry about the wind unless you're considering a badly designed 80mm deep rim. Something in the 30mm range will be fine and build up in a nicer set of race wheels than a poseur shallow rim. I've got some Halo Caliber (Kinlin XR380) waiting to build into track wheels, but if I were starting from 2016 I'd probably go for the DT RR511 (or Kinlin XC279 if I were even more of a pauper) for track training/league. You're obviously only 12 years old if you think your bike is old, we had 30mm deep rims by 2000 :-)
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It's a Japanese bike from around 2000, I'm not going down the njs route, just planning on building a set of stiff wheels up for track league. With HHV being outdoor and partial to a nasty bit of wind, I'm thinking shallow rims will be both period correct and the sensible choice for the conditions...