So lately I've been working on a restoration project of a 1984 Masi road bike. My dad found it sitting out for garbage, along with a roof rack for 3 bikes, and the bike stand in the pictures. as it sits, it's worth about $300-$400. but I was told,if I cleaned it up and gave it some new paint,and got rid of the rust, it'd be worth a little more ($600-$700ish)That doesn't mean I'm going to sell it.

So here's what I started out with, flat tires and a little bit of rust.

For those that know about bikes here's a spec list

Specs:

Frame: Masi (most likely, still unsure of it but it's msot likely a Masi)

Hubs: Phil Woods

Rims: Wolber

Spoeks: DT Swiss

Brakes: Campagnolo Record

Pedals: Campagnolo Record

Cranks: Sugino AT

Shifters: SHimano 600

Derailleurs: Suntour Le Tech

Seat post: SR

Stem: Cinelli

Handlebars: Specialized II 44s

Foot straps: Christophers

It didn't take any effort at all to get it rideable. all it needed was some chain lube and some air in the tires,luckily the tubes held air.

I began the long task of polishing the rusted chrome, as best I could....I Still plan on doing the pedals and brakes a bit more.

here's some before and after pics.

No before,but this is an after pic.

I'm also trying to decide on a new colour....the green paint on there is crap...and I'm not a fan of green.

So I've narrowed down between orange and yellow....I tried other colours but blue is too common, so is red, nto a fan of brown...and I figured yellow or orange would look best as they're not very common colours for older road bikes.

I shopped in the colours in these pics below....

Behold he Great And Powerful Flutter Dash's awesome photoshop skills.

What colour should I go with?

I'll be painting the "lugs" of the frame chrome. The lugs are the bits that hold the frame tubes together....they're brazed onto the tube ends, and are used at the bottom bracket, where the cranks are.Where the seat slides into the frame, and where the fork slides through at the front.