Ken,
Thanks for the info. It sounds reasonable to me. I have noticed however that Campy shows marked pedals in at least on of their later catalogs. If that markings were provided at the request of a big OE buyer why are the depicted in the catalog? Oh yeah, it'a a Campy catalog, logic is on holiday.
> The 1037 <c> markings on Record pedals were, from my
> understand, large batch
> orders made exclusively for Raleigh, and I think
> (Schwinn). I have only seen
> these markings on Raleigh Professional models that
> came completely equipped
> with Campy groups. I may be wrong, though, but that
> is what I have heard.
>
> ken
>
>
> >From: Tom Dalton <tom_s_dalton@yahoo.com>
> >To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
> >CC: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> >Subject: Re: [CR] Camp Pedal Question
> >Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 08:24:28 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Chuck,
> >The other lister's questions give rise to a few
> more
> >from me...
> >The "1037 <c>" markings are not found on all old
> >record pedals. Most of the old strap loop equipped
> >pedals were not marked that way as far as I can
> tell.
> >I also recall seeing a set of non-loop-equipped
> >Records that were marked that way, though they may
> >have just had the loops cut off (blury image). It
> is
> >my suspicion that the markings were added when the
> >1037A was introduced, though it does seem
> far-fetched
> >that they would do this to distinguish these two
> very
> >distinct models. Question one is: Do you know
> when
> >Campy started and ended the markings on the bodys
> of
> >the 1037 and 1037A? I have an old pair of SL's
> with
> >markings and I would love to know the vintage.
> >
> >Question two: Did any of the really early SL's
> have
> >the toestrap loop? I've never seen such a pedal,
> but
> >would be very interested to see one, if it exists.
> >
> >Question three: Did the strap loop get ditched
> during
> >the CPSC changes? I had always assumed that the
> loop
> >constituted an unacceptable risk to life and limb.
> ;-)
> >
> >
> >Question four: How do you know that his other
> pedals
> >are GS? At (about?) the same time that the loop
> was
> >deleted from the Record, Campy also started using
> the
> >SL plastic caps on the Record pedal. If the two
> sets
> >he has are similar other than the caps and the
> loop/no
> > loop, I'd say the second set is later Record.
> The
> >G.S. really look quite different.
> >
> >One bit of minituae to supplement our friend's
> >learning blitz: Very late Record and SL pedals
> used
> >slightly different axles that have markings only on
> >the wrench flats. The flats are a little wider
> too.
> >These are the C-record/Victory spindles. The older
> >(pre-1984ish) spindles have markings on the rounded
> >section as well as the flats.
> >
> >
> >--- Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > > Eric Elman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm on a Campy learning blitz lately.........
> > > >
> > > > I have two sets of Campagnolo NR pedals,
> chromed
> > > steel cages. One set has
> > > > metal dustcaps, toe strap tangs off the outer
> > > edges of the cage and the
> > > > aluminum body has the model number 1037
> stamped in
> > > it along with " <C> "
> > > > stamped. What does the <C> represent? And,
> what
> > > era are these pedals
> > > > from/to. The second set has no tang and no
> > > markings with plastic dust
> > > > shields; again what era from/to?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > Eric Elman
> > >
> > >
> > > The first ones are the original Campagnolo
> pedal,
> > > the Record, first seen
> > > at the 1956 TdF. The Cee <C> is for Campagnolo
> and
> > > is one of their reg.
> > > trademarks ("C" inside a diamond).
> > >
> > > The second ones without the strap loop at the
> edge
> > > of the pedal cage and
> > > the plastic dust caps are the later Gran Sport,
> when
> > > Gran Sport was a
> > > lower price Campagnolo Group, not to be confused
> > > with the original 1950s
> > > Gran Sport group. These are sometimes stamped
> with
> > > "Gran Sport" on the
> > > barrel.
> > >
> > > See the Campagnolo Timeline at
> > > http://www.velo-retro.com
> > >
> > > Chuck Schmidt
> > > South Pasadena, California
> > >
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