Originally Posted by joe@vwvortex

Add another Ron Cooper to the thread. I recently received this bike from an old friend I grew up with in San Jose. We got into riding back in 1973 when we were in Jr HS. Three of us bought Motobecane Gran Tourings in 1974 and his was later stolen a couple years later. To replace it - he decided to go with a Ron Cooper and we specified all the parts to make what we believed would be the ultimate sport touring bike. I believe the bike was originally built in 1977 or so ...
Serial number is rusty so it's hard to read right now - should be able to read it once the frame is cleaned up.