Thanks, that would probably date the frame at 1969 or 1970 (or maybe late 1968, if they could design and produce the decals that fast then). I never saw a decal like this in the early 70's when I bought my 1093 LeJeune, so I don't think they used it very long.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
> Jan Janssen in 1968
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
> > Just received a LeJeune frame I bought from Brian Blum. 60's vintage
> > probably. The headtube decal has a map of France and the legend
"Vainqueur
> > Tour de France", but it doesn't say what year. Anyone know what year
> > LeJeune won the Tour de France? This would have been before 1970 from
the
> > age of this frame. After 1970 Lucien van Impe tried for a decade riding
> > LeJeune, but won the tour only after switching to Gitane.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX