Nice bike Barney, I'll be honest and say I don't like the risers either - I run a 10 degree stem and about 1.5" of spacers on mine to raise the bar - It's your bike though so really it's nobodies business but yours how you build it.
If you have a desire for period correct decals I have photographs of the original decals on mine before I removed them, I'm sure Gil could take it from there.