Originally Posted by
becave7
1978 Takara 10 Speed with Suntour Power Shifters and V-GT Luxe derailleur. Literally a barn find last night, and for 20 dollars, couldn't walk away from it. The only thing that's not steel is the seat post, and that's not original, so it's not a lightweight.
Really cool orange paint and a nice Sunshine 5345 high flange front hub. Rear is a very old Shimano something, not stock. I just adjusted the cables and derailleurs and it seems ok.
I can't find a model name on it, so it must be a base model?
The Takara got a 12 dollar Kenda rear tire, new tubes, tightened everything up, lubed and adjusted the derailleurs. I went for a short night ride and ran it through all the gears and it rides really nice actually. I forgot how bad brakes can be on steel wheels though, haha.