Originally Posted by
T-Mar
A Frejus is the best candidate. It has their distinctive seat lug and stay eyes. The cinch bolt collar gave way to ears sometime in the early 1960s. It also has the same fork crown, head lugs and dropout stay end treatment of known Frejus Pista. I asked about the Columbus steerer because Frejus also often used Falck and Reynolds, which would explain the unmarked steerer. I found a shell picture showing a similar 3 number string stamped over a single character. I'm not sure is this is a Frejus stamp or a shell manufacturer stamp. Even if it is the latter, it appears be from the source that Frejus used. It's not too often that you get as postive a match as this on a frame without decals and serial number.
Wow, thanks for doing some digging on this.
You're right about the cinch bolt collar going away and the ears taking over in the 60's. Most of the Frejus I've seen have the collar.
Those pictures you provided (which are from an eBay ad I also found) look spot on. The newer paint on my frame is covering any serial number that might be stamped into the seat tube, but once I figure out what to do with it I may remove the paint.
Any other Frejus aficionados in the crowd that could help narrow down the date or production information?