I've long been fascinated by older carbon fiber bikes, mostly the carbon tube and metal lug variety, and the Exxon Graftek was really one of the first on the market having been sold from the mid to late 70's which makes it all the more cool. My particular frame is from 1977 and features stainless steel lugs/drops, carbon/aluminum tubes, and a steel fork.
According to what I've read these frames built up pretty light for their time and I'm hoping to build this one up with period-ish correct parts. While many of these frames were originally delivered with Campy groupsets, I've also seen them with Shimano and Suntour groups. I've decided to build this frame with first generation Shimano Dura-Ace components. In '77/'78 Shimano offered Dura-Ace components in a black finish which look awesome and I think pretty futuristic for their time so will fit the frame's character perfectly.
Here's the current parts list with weights.
I'm waiting on some parts to build the wheels and on a bottom bracket from the UK. I have also hit the classic Graftek roadblock... the seat post. Grafteks used 23.8mm seat posts which are nearly unobtanium these days. *Update, I have aquired a 24mm seatpost and its been machined down to 23.8mm.
I'll update this post as I acquire more parts and start assembly.
Atleast really nice collection item. 
