Peugeot race bike, c1940/50

Extremely rare service course  model Peugeot, late 1940s, with the red paint of the professional race bikes. These colours, and the "hand built" quality of lugs and paint and lining are vastly superior to the catalogue models like PX 10 etc.  They were made in a separate department, and reserved for the pros/semi pros. Lovely condition, but missing RD, lever, wheels. Late 40s with the early Vitus transfer. Great paint, transfers, and thin hand-painted lining. Alloy base Pearl saddle, Lam brakes, Simplex suicide FD, lovely steel Stronglight Competition cranks (touring Lyotard pedals incorrect) with Simplex rings, nice alloy bars.