Binky

Orange & black Poulidor Special.... from about 1970.
Used very little - still has the original orange cloth tape on it.
Dusty but no rust. Paint in good condition except for a scrape on the down tube.

Campagnolo aluminum alloy hubs (front and rear)
Campagnolo quick-release skewers (front and rear)
Reynolds 22.5-inch 531 tube frame with forged dropouts
Stronglight 170mm Competition crank arms
Stronglight crank
Stronglight chainrings (44 & 52T)
Weinmann aluminum alloy callipers (front and rear)
Weinmann aluminum alloy brake levers (front and rear)
Suntour 7 aluminum alloy front derailleur
Suntour V-GT LUXE aluminum alloy rear derailleur
Super Champion aluminum alloy rims (front and rear)
Lyotard aluminum alloy pedals with AFA toeclips
Super Coureur racing saddle
Pivo aluminum alloy handlebar stem
Aluminum alloy Maes drop handlebars
Atom 5-sprocket freewheel
Clement TORO tubular tyres

zukahn1 

Are you sure this one is from 1970 it looks to be early 60's?

Binky

Well....there is a picture of a French guy on the seat tube wearing a MERCIER jersey (and a pack of Gallois cigarettes in his pocket that don't show up in the picture) with the date "196*" on it... with the last digit scraped off.... so I really don't know what the year of manufacture is. I'm guessing 1970 but it could be just as easily be a few years earlier.

juvela

frame appears to be a mercier 300. wonder if componentry is all original. use of weinmann brakes and suntour gear ensemble seems a bit odd.

Binky

Well.... I have no idea. It truly it is a bit of a dog's breakfast with all this parts from different suppliers, but at least there is no mix 'n'match within the groups. The Weinmann brake callipers match the brake levers. The derailleurs are both Suntour and match the gear levers. The crank arms, crank shaft and the chainrings are all Stronglight. It makes no sense that anyone would go to the trouble to strip off Mafac & Simplex stuff and replace it with Weinmann & Suntour before putting it into storage.... and the bike has seen very little use. It still has the original Clement tubulars on it and they are perished & ancient... but showing no tread wear.

Bink

howsteepisit

I doubt its anywhere near original, Weinmann and Suntour on a french bike as OEM - no way. It's a mid-range frame looks to be 3 main tubes 531. Looks to be old red tessostar tape, not orange. But its a nice mid range bike in what looks to be nice shape. Probably tipo low flange hubs, pretty rare in the US at least. Value of this would be to a collector, not a rider, I'd guess $200ish, but ebay may find a collector willing to pay more, if you are patient. I am thinking its mid sixties.

And I hate to add, but the fork loos slightly bent, but I know that's often a photo artifact.

Edit - out of curiosity how do you know the tires and tape are original?

Binky

The bike was one of two purchased for a special occasion (honeymoon) by an elderly fellow who lives not far from me. He and his wife did a biking tour with the bikes after they got married (purchased new in England - circa 1970) and then brought them back to Canada. I took them down off the rafters of his garage, where they had been hanging for decades. He said that they had been up there for over 30 years and from the crispness of the tires and the build-up of filth and dust, I see no reason not to believe him. The grease in the crank had solidified and the freewheel was gummed solid. Anything is possible.