OK, well to share the data points I have:
The Frejus road that was recently bought by Bill Howard was bought new in 1962 and has serial # 100182. (http://www.wmsbrg.com/frejus)
The bike I'm trying to date was purchased at Stuyvesant's in NYC in the spring of 1965, and was then purchase by the owner I got it from second-hand in 1969. It's serial # is 103857.
His story: "The next spring, I and a couple of other guys got our Paramounts and another bunch (the cheap guys) got Frejuses at Stuyvesant's in NYC. It's one of those that I got from the guy, who had quit racing. It could have been hanging around before it was sold for 5 years for all I know. The guy I got it from was named Wick. Should be easy to track down someone who lived in NJ in 1965 with the last name of Wick, LOL."
That name ring a bell for anyone? ;-)
Anyway the 103857 might throw a wrench into Joe's timeline a bit.
David Bilenkey
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Joe
> Bender-Zanoni
> Sent: December 8, 2002 3:41 PM
> To: dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Frejus Serial Nunbers
>
>
> My theory would be that, in a rare exception, Frejus numbers are in fact
> actually serial, that is, in sequence.
>
> Bases on observations but totally unscientific I would put forward the
> following:
>
> Serial #86007 is a 1959. This was an all Campagnolo Record track
> bike. I am
> pretty sure the BB spindle had the press on races.
>
> Serial #100,### is a 1967 (or at least bought in 1967 per the original
> owners son).
>
> I suppose production was fairly steady at 1750 /year.
>
> The bike I sold Takao Noda would be useful information because it has the
> second generation Campagnolo Record road crank (raised lip but no
> end cap)
> that was only briefly available. Takao- could you post the serial number?
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Stuck in Las Vegas
>
>
> David said,
> Trying to see if there's any sort of discernable pattern to the serial
> numbers on Frejus road bikes from the early-mid 60's, specifically to
> determine (as narrowly as possible) the year of manufacture for
> the project
> I'm working on. Anyone have data points they could send me? If I get any
> I'll compile a list and share it with the group.
>
> Or even better, does anyone know how to 'decode' a Frejus serial number?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Bilenkey
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada