In preparing the frame for paint I found in the seat tube this nice little time capsule from 1973!
The mention of "co-op" leads me to wonder if this was originally sold by REI. Did REI sell Atalas?
Was "The Missing Link" bike shop in Berkeley originally a co-op when it was on the UC campus?
Maybe [MENTION=333224]juvela[/MENTION] whose roots run deep in the East Bay will have an answer for us.
Brent