Originally Posted by
juvela
suspect it conceivable that the Normandy Sport on the stern may be OEM
You may be right! I had not seen the UO-8 with a “nutted” rear wheel, but they seem to be there in the 1977 catalog.
Originally Posted by juvela
it is possible that the cycle's rear wheel rim got damaged and the owner replaced it by using the technique of taping the spokes and then undoing the spoke nipples; this would explain the presence of the non-matching rim. so matching spoke head logos would tend to confirm originalness of rear hub.
Agree. Another possibility though is the substitution of a UO-8 fork on an AO-8. The crankset is closer to the AO-8 one in the catalog, but again most Peugeots are parts bin specials!
Last comment: levers do not have the “safety lever” feature that was supposedly on both AO and UO models of 1977; however if you look very closely I think it *is* equipped with the QR feature at the lever.
Earlier pugs with Mafac brakes made do with removing the straddle cable to effect a “quick” release!