I like Steve James's restored or un-restored names better than what I said in my original post, thanks S.
Touching up chips and nicks is an honest attempt at keeping the original finish in good condition.
But yes, a repaint would be a restoration in my mind. Example,the Motobecane I brought to Cirque this year had some original paint on it and some (quite a bit) of new, flattened down and distressed repainted areas blended into the original.
I tried to retain the original "flavor" of the old bike, war wounds and all. I didn't want to make it look like a new shiny replica of an old bike. I think most who saw it thought it was a well preserved, cleaned up a little, un-restored bike.
In my mind this was a kind of restoration and had the registration card had a box for restored or un-restored I would have checked restored,,it would have helped the judges catagorize the bike. (This kind of restoration is almost a third catagory,,,),,, oh never mind.
Like most I take the judging with a grain of salt and didn't mean my comments to turn the judging into a nit picky sort of affair, just thought checking off the appropriate box would be useful and helpful.
The parts are a whole other deal and I'll leave that to the experts!
peter weigle
Lyme, Ct.