I found some time to go through my box of French poo. A couple of things jumped out at me, mainly the brakes. Through all the crusty masses a pair of Mafac dural forge calipers gleams above all. These brakes came of a huge late 60's UO-8 that was marked down to a $1.75 at the goodwill last day sale many moons ago. Finally a resting stop and a good match for the build.
These will look marvelous on the Gitane.