The nickel would be incorrect for a roadster, anyway, so that would save you a nice chunk of change. I think it's unlikely you'll find much of pinstripes under newer paint as it looks like it was originally painted over the glossy lacquer paint, so it was not very durable. If mine wasn't so nicely original, I'd want to restore it—they look amazing in like-new condition, but then finding the right fork and doing the nickel plate would be more than I'd want to put into it (and I kind of like the incorrect fork because it shows it's lived some life and I like to think the original broke in a racing incident). I used the same kind of stencils as Handyman for pinstriping my 2000 Iver Johnson "Major Taylor" (just a customized Specialized Allez). Originally, they were done by hand, so the originals look just a little more delicate and uneven, but really, no one will notice and who has the skill to do them by hand anymore (I still think it's amazing that there were people doing these all day every day back then and having them come out as nice as they did).
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