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VeLLo, thanks for the reply. Fortunately there was a BB with the Suire/Peugeot frame so I'll start with that and see how I get on. As for the luglining, maybe... I bought a paint pen from London Graphic Centre and it worked a treat on another bike. It's just that it's basically irreversible (or at least fiddly to remove) if it doesn't turn out right. To outline the 'M' is a tempting idea though, hadn't thought of that. Hmmm...
Lae, stupidly I didn't make note of the colour choice. Armourtex actually sprayed it twice - the first attempt was a brown/black solid powdercoat with a metallic lacquer but it came out looking like a disco ball. The metallic lacquer is hard to apply evenly and it looks a bit like the metal-flake craze on '50s American hot rods. Think they clocked the look of utter disappointment on my face and very kindly resprayed - we chose the new colour (metallic powdercoat with a clear lacquer) on the spot and I didn't scribble it down. I'll ask them next time I'm up there.
And agreed about the tyres. I'm still pondering those but they were soooo cheap. Problem is everything I build eventually ends up on gumwalls (must be a reason for that I suppose). I chose cream/white tyres for the CIOCC and ended up dismantling the whole bike in favour of a period geared restoration - I'm sure it was the tyres that sparked it. Think I'll build this one up and see. Maybe with some gold luglining...