Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I think all questions are answered by the picture of the seat stay. There was no fault too big to stop this train from leaving the station. When this was built, dealers were screaming for bikes, it was crazy. $80 is probably $1000 now, these really weren't that cheap.
This Gran Prix model was a low level Atala even when it was new. Bike boom or no bike boom,
the $80 I paid when new was not a lot of money atmo. I'd wager that it was machine brazed
rather than assembled by a man or group of men on a factory floor.