Interesting alright, a respray fpr sure,and looks as if the repair work was just painted over,the front head lugs were seen on late 69s Colnaos
> Dale said:
>
> << - although the bottom headtube lug is blended beautifully with the
> downtube. >>
>
> Uh oh... Joe, looks like you may have a serious problem here. From what I
> can see in the picture, I am afraid a repair, and not such a good one, has
> taken place here. I hope I am wrong... This warrants a closer look.?
>
> Dale
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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> what Dale said. In addition, it appears the fork is an early-70s item,
> the main frame might be contemporaneous, but those are lugs you never see
> on any colnago. Could this be some kind of price-point frame, like the
> International? I know we here in the US didn't see all the flavors of
> Colnago Ernesto was pumping out in the '70s. Could this be a shop-brand
> bike, for instance?
>
> Interesting anyway. Too bad about what appears to be a lug-catastrophe on
> the down-tube..
>
> Charles Andrews
> Los Angeles
>
>
> "everyone has elites; the important thing is
> to change them from time to time."
>
> --Joseph Schumpeter, via Simon Johnson