Thank you for your elaborate posts, cyclezen! Much appreciated! Like LeoBoon says, there has been some discussion about the "79-series" bikes. The ones we have seen here seem to all stem from the late seventies / early eighties era. Perhaps it was a series of bikes built by Cové before they launched their better-known models: Luxe, Mistral and Elan?

Anyway, yours looks very nice, and seems to be getting the love it deserves.