I went to look at an old bike on CL which turned out to be a Mizutani Super Seraph that had been welded on. The fellow also had what he called a women’s Motobecane, but it turned out to be a Jeunet France Comte. I was taken with the look of this bike as we pulled it out of the weeds. For $20 I had a project that would give my wife a nice “around town” bike that was distinctive, but it was going to be a lot of work. I sanded it down pretty much to bare metal. We decided to keep it the original color scheme which I refer to as Putain Française. I had a few components that would take a couple pounds off of her and make her a little faster, but at 38, she wasn’t going to break any records even if her beauty could be preserved. It remains for the most part a French bicycle. I will put the French derailleur back on when I find replacement idler cogs, it the mean time, it rides like a dream, and awaits a custom rack, and possibly fenders if my wife wishes.