Dale writes:
> I recently had a silver with black head tube and seat band
> Grand Record in
> the shop to have work done on it.. They did (do?) exist!
Thank you!
> The prettiest, nicest made Moto-pecans I ever sold in the shop were
> silver-lilac metallic Le Champions, maybe in 1978 or 79....
> They honestly had
> very little semblance to other Motos, even differing a lot
> from earlier and
> later Le Champions. .. Looked like a specialty frame maker
> had done them
> under contract. Very crisp and clean lug work, bordering on
> true artisan made
> machines.
I remember the silver lilac Le Champ - or was it called Team Champion? IIRC, it had angled-chisel stay ends at the dropout, a fashion I mostly associate with high-end Japanese frames. Perhaps Columbus tubing too, or am I thinking of later machines?
Mark Bulgier