Thanx Chas, Whats your best guess?
http://www.gitaneusa.com/
>From the Gitane Site;
The early 1970's models featured Vagner Fork Crowns....It was outfitted with Campagnolo
Nuovo Record components, instead of the French assortment used on the TdF, and
used Campagnolo dropouts, as opposed to Simplex.
Chris Plunkett Chicago, IL
-----Original Message----- From: verktyg [mailto:verktyg@aol.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:05 PM To: westown1@att.net; Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] re; CR ID'ing a French Frame
Chris,
It's not a Gitane.
They never used Prugnat type 62D lugs: http://tinyurl.com/
The Super Corsa and earlier Tour de France models used Prugnat Type S
"Italian Style" lugs: http://tinyurl.com/
Later TdFs used Bocama Professional lugs.
Also Gitane never had wrap over seat stays nor did they use the diamond chainstay bridge reinforcements.
Most early Gitane SCs and TdFs came with Nervex Professional fork crowns which were later changed to Nervex DuBois crowns probably around 1972. At the height of the Bike Boom they also used a variety of Wagner crowns (maybe in the late 60s too).
Chas. Colerich with a dozen classic Gitanes
Oakland, CA USA