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The craftsmanship is actually decent-looking and with good alignment, but only on what I would say is most of them.

Many of them having nearly as bad craftsmanship and alignment as my two Grand Sports models from a year or two apart.
Honestly, I think that the Carlton production models had the more egregious faults than the G.P.'s..

Early Japanese examples are really nice while preserving much of the earlier aesthetic.

I think of the Grand Prix as a poorer man's/woman's Super Course, pleasant bikes all.

Refurbishing them, as long as the precious, hardened, original cotters are preserved (I use a torch to help ease them out), it should be smooth sailing going forward if the frame/fork alignment situation is playing nice.