Re: [CR]Ebay Masi/ Fraud alert

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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:58:08 -0500
From: "Norm and Val Lafleur" <nvlafleur@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Masi/ Fraud alert
To: <sgshaw@aol.com>, <beandk@rcn.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Beware of this suspicious auction. MC56 S/N 787 is sitting in my collection right now and it is not for sale. The bike as listed is as it was when I bought it 2 years ago. Pictures of it as it exists today may be seen here.

http://flickr.com/photos/10214729@N04/sets/72157600882018678/detail/

Norm Lafleur
Ashfield, Ma.


----- Original Message -----
From: sgshaw@aol.com
To: beandk@rcn.com
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Masi



> Well Bob Hovey and Brian will probably know for sure, but it looks to me
> as if the stamp on the right side of the M cutout is +GF which is the mark
> of the bottom bracket maker Georg Fischer. The numbers to the left of the
> M cut out appear to be 617 (read upside down). So this could be CaliMasi
> #617. If so it's a 74 or 75 and not a 1973 as claimed. Note also that it
> does not have a twin plate fork crown, which would have pegged it as a 73.
> Instead it's a non-slotted Fischer fork crown which indicates 74 75 or 76.
> Additionally, the lugs are pressed and not investment cast. All this
> seems to indicate an early 75 GC to me.
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> Steve Shaw
> Millbury, MA
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> From: David Bean <beandk@rcn.com>
> To: CR List (E-mail) <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 11:12 pm
> Subject: [CR]Ebay Masi
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> Item 170175732352
> Can someone interpret the stamping on the BB of this bike?
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> David Bean
> Arlington, MA
> beandk at are-see-enn dot com