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Occurs to me that you were most fortunate that at intake she was in a rideable state. This way it was possible to do a test ride to see if the envisioned project was feasible with this frame. Just imagine someone getting a frame unsuited to their project by reason of ride/geometry and putting in all of the work and expense only to discover upon completion an unconsidered tragic flaw...

Since you did such a great job with the transfer creation it might be fun for you to make up a shop one as well. Perhaps something like "Artclone Cyclery, City Of Saint Francis."

What happened with the front mech cable path that you had to resort to a piece of free floating housing? Was there once a stop or guide there which got broken off? Is one present on the drive side for the stern mech's control cable?

Appears that both your example and the silver "close cousin" you found exhibit a no-slide pibb on the underside of the downtube. Is it of the bar or of the button variety?

Atom pedals must have been important to our forebears as well. What veteran of U.S. high school education cannot recall encountering the slogan "fifty 440 or fight!"?

ville - these are variously termed "demi", "half", "mini" and "town" as well. Here is a Poutrait-Morin catalogue page from A.D. MCMLXXIV: