1960s Falcon Track Bike - The British Italian Job

Cheers!

I procrastinated the repair so far since I won't be riding this in autumn/winter anyway. I'm still not sure whether I should get a basic repair or get it rechromed while I'm at it. The chrome on the rear triangle is still in pristine condition so it wouldn't spoil the overall patina of the bike I think.
In other news: I found another picture of the odd brooks b17 with the additional copper rivet in the back. The photo is from an eddy merckx exhibition and the saddle is on eddy's superia from the early days of his career. The plot thickens.

Here's the link to the full article: http://www.veloveritas.co.uk/2015/03/14/eddy-merckx-jacky-ickx-exhibition/ Interestingly, the saddle is incorrectly referred to as a Brooks Pro, while it says B17 champion standard on the side of it. When I first saw the saddle, I also thought it looked more like a pro than a B17...

According to this article, merckx became amateur world champion on this bike in 1964 which means that the saddle is more or less period correct for my late 50s/early60s falcon: http://www.i-c-c.nl/interviews/7/eddy-merckx-campagnolo-is-kwaliteit.html

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