Originally Posted by
3alarmer
...there's a 60 cm Le Champion on the Bay Area CL for sale right now. But it has a replacement fork.
I've never had much luck cold bending a fork bent that far back, and I've never, ever managed to successfully straighten a bent steerer tube by cold bending.
Steerer needs such precise alignment because of the headset race issues that arise, I'm skeptical it can be done reliably.
My assessment of the fork is that the only part not bent are the drop outs! The tang might be bent. Even the crown looks bent to me.
P9051190, on Flickr
Side view
P9051182, on Flickr
Not in the market for one right now anyway. It was replaced with a 1983 Colnago, which is a better ride anyway.