T-Mar: Thanks for checking it out; can you tell anything from the Serial Number at all? Are there any resources out there that can help track that down? I sure can't find any, on the net anyways.
I am the original owner of the bike and I know it didn't come from a Sears or JCPenney's type department store, but rather a Sporting Goods Store. I do not believe any components have been switched out, unless unknowingly during the paint job. The reason that I had it painted was this... When I was in college, (1980), in rural Montana, we lived across the street from this German bike manufacturer who did custom paint jobs. We kinda got to know the people and had it done at a very reasonable price. Anyway, it was, and is just a sentimental piece of my history. It's probably worth having it overhauled for that reason alone, since I've already packed it around for 30 years, and it was given to me by my parents for my sweet 16th birthday, on May 16, 1977.
I won't tell anybody that you have "fallen". lol