Today I'm getting close to finishing this project up. Still needs a couple adjustments, tires glued down, a couple things tightened up, cable ends, that sort of stuff.

My older sister bought this in 1971 during the bike boom. I was jealous beyond belief. It was one of the nicest bikes I'd ever seen. I was riding a gas pipe Jacques Anquetil at the time.

A couple years later (1975?), after she lost interest, she sold it to me. Chrome was a little rough, as it had spent some time on an apartment balcony.

It's been moved around a lot since.

It's all original, although some parts have been replaced.

Here are a couple pics:

NICE!!! My older brother had about a 75 Mercier, I had a Coast-to-Coast special....He totalled his in a head-on crash with another bike in a snowstorm in Boston

Cool bike. My best friend had one just like it, same year too. He logged many miles on those sew-ups with about 40psi in them. Of course he only weighed about 100lbs. Never carried a spare either.

I take it that's a 300?
Whatever it is, those small, grainy pictures do not do it justice, satbuilder. You need to post more and better pictures!

It is a 300. I tried posting them up but they were too large.

You need to open up a Photobucket or Flickr account - Upload your pics there, then paste the "[img]" link here. That's how all the big pics get displayed on the forum.

This works very well.

I find to display pics at full size via the built in image tool, I first upload the photos (500-900 kb seems to be optimal) then post. I immediately "edit" the post, then double click each image and select "full size" (radio button), then save. Works great.
In theory, I should be able to double click the photo immediately after uploading, but when I do, it locks up (might be a chrome thing).

Just a note, but if you use imageshack.us, you may not even have to open an account (although if you do, you can manage the photos you upload later).

https://imageshack.us/

How about these:

That's better, though we have to click on them to open. That bike looks nice. Passes the five foot test with flying tri-colors.

Really like this! you might want to shorten that chain a little. does it fit you?

The chain is the same length it was when the bike was purchased. But the assembler may not have known what he was doing. The shop was not officially a bike shop, actually it was a place that sold mowers tractors and the like in central Texas, and the guy saw a chance to make money on the bike boom.

I'll have to check it out.

Nice...! Great color & looks to be in great shape...

My 1st real 10-sp was a Mercier, only in blue. Crashed it one nite on a midnite run... . My cousin has one sitting in his basement that I've been after him to let go, but so far he won't budge.

Cool!

^ Great looking 300!