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Give it to mario vaz for a budget-ish respray if you really want it looking cleaner (he may even have the decals too), but make sure you keep the contrasting panels!... then copy the build that hugo posted.
new alloy 27" rims, and s/s hubs (like formula etc), new stem with swept-back bars, brooks, shiny mudguards. I'd probably get new cranks too, so I could run a sealed bearing bottom bracket. Andel do some nice vintage-looking ones (hilary stone has them). The ones you have looks like a cheap williams rip-off to me, and are probably not worth saving.
This will all be practical, serviceable, and reliable (and, except the brooks, relatively cheap), but won't be running too hard against the overall vintage vibe of the frame.
l Always liked this one myself:
although the rear mudguard needs sorting.