Originally Posted by
slowerplease
Here are some more pics - seatstay bridge with that nice little diamond-shaped flange or whatever; bottom bracket and another shot of the head tube.
I checked the rear dropouts and they say "Shimano SFR". Seatpost is a 26.8
After viewing your photos, I still stand by my assessment of it not being an Apollo. Furthermore, I've never seen an Apollo with Shimano SFR dropouts. Whilst a 26.8 seatpost is consistent with a double butted chromoly tubeset, many Japanese manufacturers' bikes have this very diameter - Miyata, Panasonic, Fuji, Nishiki, Centurion to name but a few.
Maybe someone else can identify the make from the closeups. Did you contact T-Mar about the serial number? After looking at the number again, it seems to possibly fit one of Fuji's formats for serial numbers from the period. Check out the Fuji serial number database thread.
Any Fuji experts willing to confirm or deny it being so? Japanese bike nuts please respond!