Ok, I have deduced, via the date stamps on the Shimano components, that I am completely tearing apart a 1987 Specialized.

This was my first road bike, bought around 2002 or so I think. It had stickers on it when I got it, which I peeled off in anticipation of painting it, which I then thought better of it. I'm confident it's an Allez, but not sure of which model exactly. It has a full 105 component set with downtube shifters.

Fast forward to now, and I've let the poor thing sit outside for a while. I just stripped it and removed the beaten, red, original paint and repainted it red. The rattle can job turned out ok, but I need to touch up a few spots.

I'm going to move the shifters to the bar ends and make this a grocery getter.

Edit: I forgot to mention, all of the Shimano components had date stamps of late '86 (Nov, Dec, etc.) which is why I'm sure it's an 87 model.

Anyhow, I'd be very interested if anyone knew where to get info on this vintage of Specialized. I'd like to know more about it. Specifically, someone mentioned in my thread asking about wheels that Specialized made a funky sort of 6 speed cassette/freewheel that may be hard to replace. Besides, knowing more about the bike overall would be handy.

Would the numbers on the bottom bracket be able to tell us anything?