Cycles Peugeot PY-10 CP order form - circa 1979 (Front Page)

I will admit to having experienced a certain degree of reluctance in so publicly posting this information if only because I believe that it is subject to a multitude of misinterpretations by those who are either "casually uninformed" or otherwise unwilling to perform proper due diligence to the extent that I believe there need be a certain degree of "implied understanding" with respect to context when attempting to apply this document to any real world examples of Peugeot PY-10 CP bicycles from this era.

To wit, this early 1979 order form clearly indicates that one had a choice of having their PY-10 CP delivered in either Pearl Sky Blue, Pearl White, or Pearl Yellow. However, the ONLY color of paint available on those PY-10 bicycles made available prior to model year 1978 would have been Metallic Silver, which is to say, the theretofore contemporary official Peugeot team color. Also, there are repeated references to various Stronglight, Simplex, Maillard componentry consistent with earlier versions of this order form when in fact said components as actually provisioned by this point in time were more often than not Spidel branded versions of same. Yet another example would be specific mention of one having a choice of either a Simplex LJ 4000 T or Simplex SLJ 5000 T rear derailleur when only the CP/SP (...i.e. short cage) or T/SP (...i.e. mid length cage) versions were ever offered (...and the determination as to which one of those was supplied was in fact made by the Prestige Peugeot shop itself based upon your individual choice of chain ring and freewheel cog tooth counts). Worse yet, that Simplex SLJ 5000 option was superseded very early on by the newly released Simplex SLJ 5500 model which, as mentioned earlier, would have come badged as a Spidel offering and not an actual Simplex. Furthermore, one ought note that the option to order their PY-10 CP equipped with an Ideale 90 having titanium frame rails was dropped for model year 1979 (...as denoted by said option having simply been crossed out with a pen). And finally, there are those instances where the particular manufacturer name of a component in question was omitted entirely on this order sheet (...such as in one's choice of handlebar, handlebar tape, stem, bottom bracket assembly, shift levers, front derailleur, chain, brake levers and calipers, seat post, and tubular rims) because the factory supplied one and only one brand within that option range (...i.e. Philippe Professional, Velox Guidoline Champion, Atax Philippe, Stronglight 651 steel or 650 Titane, Simplex SLJ retrofriction, Simplex SLJ A 500 series, Sedis Sedicolor - Silver / Black in conjunction with a Maillard 700 steel freewheel or Gold / Black in the case of a Maillard 700 Pro Team alloy freewheel, MAFAC Competition, Simplex SLJ by default with Laprade as an option, and Super Champion respectively - MAVIC rims were only available when one stipulated Michelin Elan TS clincher tires, in which case the bicycle came equipped with corresponding MAVIC Module E rims).