The seat stay attachment is not reminiscent of my TdF. Have you posted this to the GitaneUSA forum to ask their opinion?
Another edit: the seat stay attachment does look like another earlier TdF posted recently. Mine was a later ('72-3 ish) Bocama lugged model. I guess they had changed the seat stay as well.
Edit: Looking at my pics, the rear dropout attachment method and brake bridge agree, however.
And I think you're beyond "patina" as well. Any stripper labeled "aircraft" or "epoxy stripper" available at AutoZone, HomeDepot, etc. will work.
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Last edited by Ex Pres; 10-28-09 at 12:17 PM.