If you look at the cage that sandwiches the jockey wheels on the rear derailleur, there should be a date code.
on my Mercier it was stamped 2 71 (Feb 1971), which would be correct as the bike was purchased in July/August of 1971.
The fish mouth stay ends at your dropouts are nicely executed.
Last edited by satbuilder; 09-23-25 at 07:30 PM.