I hope we get some responses on this one. Charles and I have discussed this off-list in the past - I have # 7525 and would love to be able to date it more accurately (my initial guess was 1973, but I don't have a whole lot to support that - no braze-ons at all, 45mm front / 60mm rear brake drop, ornate lugs, etc.). It could easily be as old as 1968 I suppose.
Since Pog serial numbers were apparently sequential, (unlike Cinelli's!), seems like we ought to be able to get somewhat of a handle on this. Charles, I assume you're referring to that tandem currently on eBay as being 1970. Does the seller know that, or is he/she speculating?
Regards,
Greg Parker A2 MI USA
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:06:44 -0500
> From: <chasds@mindspring.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Reply-To: chasds@mindspring.com
> Subject: [CR]pogliaghi serial numbers
>
> Ok, I know there are a couple of you out there who know something about
> this.
>
> If a Pogliaghi frame with a serial number in the 9000s was made in 1970,
> when
> would a frame with a serial number in the 3000s or 4000s have been made?
>
> I am a tad confused about quantity of production coming out of that shop in
> the 60s. And it would be nice to get a better bead on how the serial
> numbers
> correspond to year of manufacture. Clearly my first hack at this was WAY
> off.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Charles