I'm glad that you seem to like my preservation. May I ask how you watch my DVD, is it on your computer screen via VLC or on a big LCD screen? I would suggest you try and burn a copy and play on a regular old CRT TV for best results, if you haven't. No offense, but to me those VLC settings of yours doesn't look good at all, you're free to play around with the settings you like of course but you have really taken a bulldozer approach IMO, it really just need a subtle contrast boost and a desaturation starting with side 2 to look like itself, which isn't that far removed from the original timing at all.

A few examples with a more accurately set white point.

DVD

Improved contrast

DVD

Improved contrast

Starting with side 2, there's more saturation.

DVD

Improved contrast and desaturation

And on Side 3 the saturation and contrast varies alot from scene to scene, I'm afraid there isn't any magic setting for the whole film. I can upload a contrast corrected version as soon as I get my new computer if there's still interest, it wouldn't take me long at all as I have all the files from this still saved on a external HD.