Thanks for all of the replies. I did put a pic in the original post but for some reason it didn't come up. I'll try again later. I doubt this bike was built up by the owner as this thing was definitely going to meet a slow rusty demise. I'm thinking late 80's myself as I also have a Spalding Blade RE 12 that I bought new in 87 and the bikes are pretty similar. Off to go riding.... to work, ugh.