Beautiful bike, with that backstory you probably added another couple of hundred to its value. Although, I imagine you place much more value on it than any price could bring. I'm a sucker for white panels on a silver-blue frameset, yours just pops for me.
Bill
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Semper Fi, USMC, 1975-1977
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