Thanks Marty, I know who Jowan used as painter: the same paintshop that did my Visser. What i didn't like in retrospect (besides the price, arghhh!), was that he pushed me to choose from the 20 or so colors that he had, instead of thinking with me about my wishes. And the result is very nice and shiny, maybe too much so.

Did you see those wrapover seatstays on yours (the elusive one, the one that you're not going to get!)?
I have attached a pic of a Gazelle Champion Mondial, from 1977. Same wrapover seatstays, but better finished! The points actually meet! And to think that Gazelle had 35 craftsmen working in their raceshop at the time, churning out those handmade racing frames!
Oh, BTW, for anyone interested in a genuine piece of Dutch racing history, this 1977 Gazelle Champion Mondial (58 c-t, 55,5 c-c) is for sale. Remember, when Jan Raas won his first big race (Milan San Remo, 1977), it was on a bike like this. He rode for the Frisol-Gazelle team, because he couldn't get along with Peter Post of Ti-Raleigh. When he won the Milan San Remo classic and a Tour stage in that year, he went back to Ti-Raleigh. And the rest is history of course.