I took this frame with me to York Rally last weekend.
I am fairly set that I want to keep the top of it bare steel and clear coat it. The general consensus was that I should keep the rest of it as it is and clear coat over the whole frame. I've done a quick degrease this morning:
Next is to...
A bit more sucess for Brute Force:
I have no idea how many times I have tried to get that cheap pedal off the drive side, but today was finally the day. A few scratches to the crank, but this is meant to be a beater rather than a presentation piece so I can live with that.
There's a few rust patches (nothing serious) where the paint is missing, so I don't think the paint underneath will be rescuable. I think there is a place where a decal has come off and revealed the white beneath .... but checking back through the thread there's no photo here. I'll try to take...