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@billholding
I know, I know, I agonised for a long time after buying the castorama as to how sacrilegious it was to have it stripped and resprayed. I eventually decided that it was in such poor condition that something had to be done, because the paint and decals were for want of a better word "fucked". Under the new paint job, still beats the heart of the original frame, and I made a record of it's original incarnation so that it's history can be acknowledged. This bike has been built to be ridden every day, which it will, so at least the frame lives on in some kind of way.
I hear what you are saying about the original paintjob though, and if it had been in good nick i would have left well enough alone.