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@Wingedangel
Hey Op...
just to add to what everyone else has posted...I know you have gone all misty eyed about saving this bike, however, and it's a fricking huge however in fact it's lots of howevers..
1) Are you a midget? this frame is about 50cm...
2) It's already running 27inch wheels (check the tyres) with deep brake drops, it will be hard to get better wheels for it..ie...if you put on 700c's you may not get brakes to fit.
3) it's quite heavy, you can just tell that by looking at the damned thing
4) it's really not worth salvaging the gear lever, it's a poor quality huret or huret copy....though yes..if you want to put a gear lever there it's fine this one is band on though it doesn't have a soldered/brazed post to accpet the new one, it will need to be band on.
5) when you have finished making it, it still wont be a show stopper, far far from it...is it worth all the effort?
6) if you are going to spend time restoring something, you may as well choose something nice or something thats going to be worth all the effort you put into it.
7)if you have now fallen in love with it and don't care about all this, then I apologise and you can carry on making sweet love to this frame....