Thanks Peter. Do you have photos of either of yours posted and can you tell me their serial numbers?
Jon M. Crate FAI Materials Testing Laboratory 825 Chance Road Marietta, Georgia 30066 Office: 770-928-1930 Fax: 770-928-9202 Cell: 770-846-9541 E-mail: JMCrate@FAI.US Web Site: http://www.FAI.US
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of kohl57 Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:33 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] 60s or 70s Peugeot PX10 - now serial numbers
Jon, we are working on the same project! I am presently finishing restoration of a 64 cm 1969 Peugeot PX-10 frameset (easy to date even stripped as it has a 1969 cycle registration sticker on it) to replace by 59 cm one. 1968 frames had a oil port on the underside of the bb.
I like the way you have documented yours... according the date stamping on the "69" pattern Simplex Criterium derailleur, "2 70" yours was probably assembled in February-March 1970. There apparently was a large consignment of PX-10s for the U.S. market then as I've found a number of others on eBay and Craigslist with similar coding.
The "Huret" pattern Simplex shifters that Jerry mentions are a bit of a puzzle.. 1968 (and bona fide dated ones) had what we associate as being the "Criterium" shifters but with a different Simplex logo on the black plastic. And I've seen 1969 ones with both this and "Huret" style. Both are rare and I'll have to content myself with a plain old 1972 one until I can find one of the earlier patterns.
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA