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35 x 1 can be right hand thread, unless it is Sunday and you are in Switzerland, in which case they are left hand thread.
Sorry, could not resist. If the drive side is right hand, they are French. If the drive side is left hand, they are Swiss.
Can you eyeball the threads on the BB once you have the cups pulled to see if French cups could have been jammed in there as suggested? Of course you may not be able to tell.
As for thoughts. We will probably never know. Have you heard back from the original owner?
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