Originally Posted by cascade168

Most road front derailleurs of that vintage were bottom pull, so you have a pretty common configuration.
I have an early '80s Nishiki Century that I upgraded to 700C wheels and current components and cabling the new FD was a challenge. This was all discussed, in detail, in an earlier thread:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ght=Nishiki+FD

There was an extended discussion of a problem similar to yours and I think reading that thread might answer your questions. I posted up a bunch of pictures of my solution. I'm not going to re-hash that whole discussion. I hope there is something there that will help you. Good luck.