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@Skülly
Those randonneur bars are quite nice. The rear rack is nice too, for small panniers not giant ones. Get rid of the 'suicide levers' (the ones that reach under the tops of the bars). they are just wrong, and don;t work well. I think you can take them out of levers and use them without. Get some hoods for the lever tops. For new mudguards, go for SKS Chromoplastic, £30 ish. When you replace the guards, you'll need to remove the calipers so give them a good clean and a drop of oil where they rub together, and where the springs meet them. Put some white Fizik tape on the bars. It's cheap and its lovely, wet or dry. Keep the saddle unless it's killing you. Old ones can reach a good price on here/on eBay.
New wheel: I'm guessing those are 27" (aka tyre size 630)? If so you might have a job finding rims and tyres, but not impossible. Online, try SJS, Spa cycles, Madgett's in Diss. They all have rims and tyres for 27". You could do worse than buying a rim and tyre from one of them, a hub from on here or eBay, and ask someone here who builds wheels to do it for a few quid, there's plenty of wheel builders here. I reckon Madgett's would sort you out with a complete wheel for fairly cheap if you phone up and ask nicely, if you wanted to save the hassle. There's a guy who works there on this forum, I think it may be randombadger.
Have fun!