I bought a 1972 Le Champion this week from the original owner. He bought it new in 1973. The only non original parts on it are bar end shifters and he added a third ring to the crankset. He is going to send me the original shifters, frame pump, and sales slip. Unfortunately for me, he painted over the teal and white with a red & black scheme and I am going to have to do a repaint. I dated the bike by the 72 patent on the RD and the 1972 catalog which shows the teal and white bike without chrome fork tips, which matches mine perfectly.

There are numbers on the BB that are engraved and I suspect are the original owners drivers license number - so I won't be posting them.

The numbers on the ND rear dropout are: 1419322

My Le Champion has the plastic, riveted on, head badge.