Your frame still has the brazed on bracket for the rear brake cable stop, whereas my 1973 TdF was shipped withe MAFAC hanger on the seat binder bolt, so pre-1973.
You also have the long-point lugs rather than the short-point Bocama the latest foil-era TdF's had.
My 1973:
Overdue for a refresh...
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Hummer posted a thread to decode the Gitane serial number on the NDS RDO:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...l-numbers.html
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