Pog, you are amazing! Do you have the entire history of French bikes memorized? My moto has a bike license sticker on it which expired in 1978, leading me to estimate the date around then. It belonged to a friend of mine who left it w/ me when she headed off to Europe. I suspect that I have misgaged the tolerances and when I really put it together this weekend I fear that the fork really won't match as well as it appears to.