What to do to the old paint..?

Aye, once again LFGSS to the rescue. Thanks very much gentlemen.

I'm gonna go for the framesave and get someone, maybe Mario to clear coat it.
Or just Tcut, polish and not ride in the rain.

Thanks..

I hope you dont mind me saying, but clear coating would be very sensible! just not riding in the rain isnt enough to keep moisture off of exposed metal, moisture is all in the air and theres enough to oxidise the metal so youll still get rust unless its clear coated.

One was dead against destroying original paint and preffered gentle renovation and another said 'hey, if you're going to love this old frame and more importantly ride it then if you repaint it is neither here nor there.
I guess if its a super rare frame then 'gentle restoration' is best but other less important frames..? Well you've gotta like the way it looks..

Yeah, its tough isnt it!
but then again, rare frames, for some reason, usually look great, but if it looks like shit then the paint jobs probably too far gone if that makes sense?

Glad that youre keeping and protecting the original paint though!