[CR]Frejus Tour De France?

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:05:07 -0700
From: "Tod Kapke" <tod@blastomedia.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Frejus Tour De France?

howdy, wondering if somebody could help me date a Frejus.. picked this bike up yesterday.. somebody painted the whole thing black.. everything.. cranks.. stem.. brakes.. everything spraypainted.. The serial located below the bottom bracket is 780013 the only stickers i have found is the head badge sticker (sticker not a metal badge) says mod tour de france.. same sticker is on the seat tube along with 4 white bands on above and below.. there is a made in italy sticker but no mention of tubing.. The dropouts are not marked.. sort seem like thick stamped dropouts more so than a forged looking one.. no adjustment pins on the rear.. it has the chromed olympic ringed seat collar.. the Frejus font on the bike is the one with lines extending from the the F and the S.. also.. all the Frejus bikes i have looked at all have the contrasting little panel on the seat lug.. The bike does not.. the bike came set up with huret allvit front der and shifters... It has a TA bottom bracket and TA pro vis 5 cranks ... the bike also had Universal side pull Extra brakes and levers.. any help would be great.. is this thing worth a little fix up effort? Am i right to guess that this bike is late 50's? color.. greenish yellow with white head tube panel. chrome crowned fork.. no chrome lugs. The dropouts on the front look like the front ones from this bike.. no markings... http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Frejus/Frejus_Track_Ebay.htm the rear dropout has a similar styling to the front..

thanks for the info..

any secrets to getting of spray paint? been using oven cleaner.. works pretty good so far..

Tod