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The Parijs Brest bike that I mention in the OP is another one that has just finished. Yesterday I tweaked the last small things, hope to have some pictures of the finished bike soon. For now, I'll post some retrospective 'before' and during pictures.
This bike was in a very bad shape at first sight. A lot of rust, old stuck parts,... Underneath was a nice frame though, with beautiful 60's/70's Campagnolo parts. Some of the 'cosmetically challenged' but in an OK state, some of them fubar. I decided to deepclean the frame and parts and preserve as much patine as possible, whilst ending up with a bike that is fully serviced and technically in top condition. I used a second donor bike for parts that were missing. Target was to re-use as much parts as possible, so no replacement bolts, springs, .... where possible.
For the frame, I cleaned up all the rust particles with a lot of patience, degreaser, rust convertor, commandant 4/5, wax, ... The paint has a magical color. After all this cleaning (which took me weeks) , I sealed everything off with a solid layer of 2K gloss clear laquer. This layer feels very smooth so no rust or damage protruding through it. Hope it will stay like this, but as I'll keep the bike inside for most of the time, I'm not expecting much troubles here.
For the parts: every part was carefully taken apart, cleaned (if needed ultrasonic), regreased and reassembled with new grease. Also new bearings where needed. Original to the frame where a 151 mm BCD Record crankset, bottom bracket, headset, seatpost and Brooks Professional saddle. Also the high flange campagnolo hubs (no record, date stamp 63 on the cones) came with the frame. The 1963 first gen Record derailleur (pulleys with loose bearings!) came from the donor bike.
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