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Oddball Look 753 on Ebay

Just a PSA of sorts: There's an oddball "La Vie Claire" Look 753 on ebay now:

Vintage 57cm Look Hinault La Vie Claire Road Bike | eBay

It's pretty clear to me the bike has been repainted. Mostly obviously, the logo on the downtube is wrong. There is also no headbadge (sticker) or tubing decal, missing "made in France" on nds chain stay, missing "Equipe" sticker on top tube, colors seem darker than they should be, base color appears more white than pearl, angle of the black border to the red painted section is off, paint over (chromed) dropouts, etc. That said, the rest of the frame details seem consistent with other Look 753s. I did request a serial number and photo of the BB from the seller and asked to confirm that it's a repaint and who did the repaint. My guess is that this may actually be a Look 753 that has been repainted.

Btw, seller notes this bike is set up with a 2x9 drivetrain, which would require a 130mm rear hub. If this is indeed a Look 753 frameset, as I believe, it is not recommended to cold set Reynolds 753 frames. I'd want to double check spacing and look for any potential cracks in the rear triangle.

Strange mix of parts. Could be a worthwhile restoration project, though a professional repaint would be quite expensive (Joe Bell once gave me a ballpark estimate of ~1k for mine because of all the masking and number of colors involved).
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