Originally Posted by
juvela
does it have the ingot on the side of the seat tube with the serial number?
Yes! 165167
Originally Posted by
juvela
one thing not seen in photos is the ch flag transfer. it is possible it was applied just below the "made in...." transfer and has been lost. or it may be beneath the license transfer. you could try gently heating the license transfer with a blow dryer to see if the adhesive could be softened enough to pull it off.
I did that, actually using an alcohol lamp for heat; the license came off in one piece, taking away only a little bit of the green paint with it. But no Swiss flag decal was revealed.
Originally Posted by
juvela
not visible in photos is the housing stop at the south end of the dt to accept the stainless cable casing for the first generation record front mech.
Yes, that is there. Also an oil port in the BB. Seller included some of that stainless cable casing, I guess from the bar end shifters:
Originally Posted by
juvela
had one come through from right about this time which was fitted with a luxe finish set of weinmann vainquer 999 brakes. the calipers are polished and then anodised and lack the recess for the red foil label. instead of a label the name is screen printed on the caliper arm. ttbomk this is quite a rare set.
Yes! That is a pretty fair description of the ones included. The WEINMANN VAINQUER 999 appears to be screen printed, as you say, but it appears to be part of the anodized finish; that is, neither above it or below it, but actually in it. Is that even possible? I cleaned one of them.
Originally Posted by
juvela
have seen specials from this era with berthet pedals ...
Yes! Rusty, but nice pedals. English thread! One getting cleaned up, the other still rusty.
Originally Posted by
juvela
pillar would have been a record with the old font size stamping.
Sadly, no seat post was included. Seat post size appears to be 26.8 or so, and there was a shim, so evidently the original seatpost has been missing for a while already.
Seller had already polished the stem. It's aluminum, not chromed steel.
