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@Wingedangel
I have to say, you can change the hardware as much as you want, cottered cranks ...a big chrome bolted titan stem, with big swooping pista chrome loops...anything...
Just don't mess with the paint on the frame.
as that truly, is a little bit wrong, to claim to have an appreciation of asthetics and an amour for patina, ie the saddle bag, the chrome, the cotterpins, to then take that frame with amazing heritage, amazing patina, with all it's history on show, quirky cultural 80's paint job....and then to take it back to chrome, I find rather insulting.
Frames like that need cherishing and not abusing. add whatever you like. as long as afterwards, just as you do with parts, you can take them away.
just to add an edit.. all the bikes you have shown as reference 75% have there original paint jobs.
find something else to bastardize.
Rant over. Peace.