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Old 07-19-24 | 12:51 PM
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A quick (and for me frustrating) look at the Asian Serial Numbers chart says that Kabuki (and later Bridgestone) would have Alphabetic characters, so "001 0412" seems to rule that out.
I doubt this is a 1972 (possibly 1982, but more like a bit earlier) so the last "2" may have nothing to do with year built.
A visual "match" with the size location and stamps used was one Araya frame in that thread, but that's far from conclusive.
I see plenty that points to "Japanese" from frame bits to the Shimano gruppo, BUT a few things that are more "European" to me: the hollow brake bridge (now crushed), as well as the style of chain stay bridge, plus the many cable stop braze-ons and that more sharply-bent fork blade...but still no definite ID.
Please confirm the seat post size and BB threadiing, if the HS has a 27.0 or 26.4 crown race that could also help (a little)
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