For anyone still looking for web info about Peugeot models, timelines, etc. I re-found a resource: http://www.peugeotshow.com/
This used to be home.wanadoo.nl/peugeotshow but like so many web things has migrated. I was referring to a printed copy (the only sure way to retain such things) for some details and found the new online link.
I'm finishing the - rehabilitation - of what I think is a PX-10 (or PX-10E ...). Rehab because I got a frame in good shape a couple of years ago, white, mid-70's decals (black Peugeot w/ the gold striping), decal rather than plastic head badge, chromed chain- and seat-stays, and chromed front fork. The smoothly rounded lugs with those on the head tube painted black, etc.
It had already seen some spot touch-up of the white paint, so I was OK with adding a few small spots of white model enamel (Testor's - nice when hobbies over lap), but mostly just hit the whole thing with Maguiar's low abrasive car polish. The 'ColorX' version really gets rid of oxidized paint and brings out the color in decals without damage.
Took about 2 years of collecting parts from various sources - so it's certainly not an 'original' bike, but I tried to at least used contemporary French parts - down to the 14x126 Atom pedals and Christohpe clips. Even have a pair of NOS Wolber 700 x 19 tires on the mavic clincher rims I usually ride, and a pair of similar Wolber tubulars for the GP4 wheelset.
Looking through the various photos, from various sources, there are so many 8!**dy variations as to drive me nuts. But there do seem to be some patterns. On the Peugeotshow.com site, the 1963 catalog shot (black & white/gray scale photo) does reveal chrome on the PX-10 rear triangle, and on both PA & PX forks. Specs on the PX states Mafac racers, and that seems to be upgraded in later years as these suppliers improved their wares.
1966 has better photos, showing the pointed Nervex lugs on both PA & PX, and again the difference in chroming. It also shows the pump on peg-holders on the down tube, where later catalog shots put those on the top tube. Same stuff in color shots for 1969, but the Eddy Merckx photo looks like there is less point or flourish on the lugs - but it could be camera angle. I'm also suspicious of the provenance of the picture, since it is the same shot used again in 1970. So, it's at least '69 but the second use (not surprised - cheaper that way for marketing & printing ...) clouds the issue for me. It also looks like Eddy has full hoods on the brake levers, and that's also in the 1970 PA 10 shot (half-hoods still in the 1969 photo). The 1969 pages also clearly indicate 'cadre allege' for the PA 10 and Reynolds 531 for the PX 10 - previous years' info isn't so clear or doesn't mention 531. The PX also is upgraded to a Brooks saddle, while the PA has 'kernleder' - Dutch for core leather or simply a 'leather saddle' - looks like it might be an Ideale, maybe a 90, in the drawing/photos.
1972 -- the year I *think* my frame is from with the added metal tag (in great shape but still originalish - not so 'great' that it was replaced) has serial 2024151 - theoretically the 7 numerals mean 1970s and the leading 2 places the year - 1972. The catalog explicitly says the PA 10 (again, they're all on the same page, drawing of a PA-10E in this case, with spec differences noted in the text) has Nervex lugs, but the PX 10 does not, with the write up focusing on the Reynolds 531 tubing. The 73 drawing is not of a PX, but a PR - with the rounder Nervex lugs, & 1974 has the top model listed as a PX 10 LE, with the rounded lugs in white.
So, my dear Dr. Watson, it is elementary to conclude that the frame is indeed from some time in 1972. I may have jumped ahead a bit with the Competition version of Mafacs, but Racers were the lower model by then and I didn't find any "Mafac Course" models. (we'll pretend it was built up in late '72 with first run Competitions!). Wheels were spec'd only as aluminum, so the 700c Weinmann's seem a good fit.
Photos are up on flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/
Bob Hillery Stratham, New Hampshire, US Beautiful early autumn days, perfect for wool jerseys & French bikes!