It used to have a centre-pull brake bridge. These nubs will get filed down smooth. I never liked the Gitane (or the Dawes) brake bridges, they were just strips of flat bent into a curve. The Raleigh ones were tolerable (being round) but even they meant you had to use centre-pulls or it didn't look proper.



I'll probably use one of these instead:




These aren't original, but they will stay; I'll fillet them with a bit of epoxy before painting:




Once upon a time (but maybe *only* once) it had a kickstand, those really are only paint scratches:



Now the next bit is important. It looks as though the chainstay sockets in the BB shell were machined to size with a tool that pushed a ridge of steel ahead as it cut. This ridge formed a lip on the inside of the socket, and water can (and did) pool behind it. The pics show exactly where, on the drive-side. The lip wasn't much at all on the bottom (left of the pic) of the other side, so it has no rust. Yet.

The good news is it's not more than a very light surface rust, and a Dremel will quickly get rid of the ridge. The bad new is there are probably other bikes that have this issue, and now I'm worried I've got some more of them.