Originally Posted by
old's'cool
How do you know the GT is a 79? I have a 78 GJ which has different font for the bike name as well as "Made in France"; the fonts on your frame appear on pre-78 Motos that I've seen.
old's'cool is right about that. The Grand Record I have is from the mid 70's I believe w/ the same font as the OP's. I have a '78 Moto catalogue. The 'Grand Touring' Logo on the top tube is in smaller script in '78...& not the fancier block letters & pinstriping w/ arrow-like points on the end. About this time the 'head tube badge' also changed to a non-descript style, rather that the classic Moto badge pictrured above!