That's a real beauty. Turned out fantastic.

Now I miss old Stella...

RE Simplex dropout mangling - I thought for a second verktyg was going to spout the usual purist thing about not tapping out Simplex dropouts, but dang, there was some real butchery back in the 70s!!!! Those are really some primitive pete atrocious hacks. I only ever knew the last method: tap and notch. It was pretty common, and you could always put the Simplex derailleur back on if you wanted.