I reckon if you do modernise, why not strip everything off, keep it all minty, fit totally new parts, decide it’s not right later and rebuild for sale as was, all museumy.
...but trim the front stay or find end caps, unless you like getting poked in the legs.
Fair point. I guessed senor bear was probably talking about the gappy lines, maybe not.
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I reckon if you do modernise, why not strip everything off, keep it all minty, fit totally new parts, decide it’s not right later and rebuild for sale as was, all museumy.