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@Workstand
It was certainly available in 1974 in this colour - Champion Blue - I believe. I'd just learnt to ride; simply so I could cycle to school. I had a Viscount Aerospace SE with a rack for all the stuff I had to carry. Someone in my year had an identical Gitane and cycled to school with everything in a bag, as he wouldn't put a rack on a 'proper racing bike' with tubular tyres. The reason I remember it so well, is that he treated it appallingly and it was forever being pushed due to some mistreatment.
Anyway, it's a great frame and I always liked the thought of having one. Very annoying to see one of the right size. I'm very tempted!