I'm not a fan of 'leave as is' but that HAS to be left untouched, it looks like it's earned those scuffs and scratches rather than having just rotted in a hedge somewhere. Your mate is a lucky man, what's the back story
It's the berwickshires blonde prince golden een....he was going after a pillar box red tv1 from emporium which he luckily missed out on, I think this belonged to dean orton and was bought through emporium.