Matthew,
Just on pure speculation, the sloppily scrawled number on the bb sounds like a social security number, probably placed for ID if the bike was stolen. Sorry, but I can't help with the other questions.
Galen Poole
Jackson, MS
> Greetings.
> I used to own a Lejeune track frame which I believe to have been built
> roughly around 1973. It was red with a blue head tube and marked with a
> "Vainqueur du Tour de France" sticker on the head tube as well.
> I have always wondered about a couple of markings on the frame and thought
> this list might finally lay to rest some of the mysteries surrounding this
> frame I once had.
> The stay caps were stamped "B.Carre". Is this a common stamp on Lejeune's
> of this period? Perhaps this is the name of a rider? a builder?
> Also, the underside of the bottom bracket cluster had what appeared to be
> a serial number sloppily hand scrawled on it. It read "098-32-7607".
> Does this number fall into sequence of other bikes built around the same
> period indicating that it is in fact a serial number? Or was this some
> sort of identification number scratched on at a later date by an owner?
> Matthew Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York