Hi, Well, that makes three of us.....I am gathering the pieces to restore a 1969 PX10 frame that I purchased in France. Its serial number is 626968 stamped into the bottom bracket shell.
I contacted the original owner and found out that it was raced in France and spent its latter years on a farm where kids played with it. The paint is very rough, but the frame is still structurally sound, with few or no dings.
Strangely, the seat tube was full or pot pourri when I took delivery, so it smelled good!!
Good luck with your projects...
All the best, Peter Rogers
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
> 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