Thank you very much to all, they are indeed the Shimano 600. Not a bad find in a landfill. The ebay link picture is the exact shifter except the ones I obtained clamp on top of the downtube. Thanks again
Walt
>From: Johnsummerfield@aol.com
>To: <wspokes1@hotmail.com>
>CC: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: Re: [CR]What type of shimano shifter am I?
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:22:29 EST
>
>Seem to think that they were 600`Arabesque`. The rear mech was similarly
>engraved,
>regards, john.