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Picked this up from @PhiljimPott a while back from here (https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/398115/) Pretty sure it had never been ridden - rims were untouched, drive train and brakes untouched - just a whole lot of crud and some rust from sitting it’s whole life in a shed.
Swapped out the drops for something friendlier for the city, switched out the tubs for some clinchers in the parts bin and changed the seat post as wasn’t keen on the black campag one. All the previously rusty bits were soaked in evaporust which cleaned them up nicely and a bit of tin foil on the forks removed the rust. The frame rust wasn’t easy to shift so left it as is. It’s a runabout so don’t want anything pristine!
The grease in the headset and bottom bracket was as thick as treacle so they got serviced and now run like new.