[CR]The last Montelatici, 51 ctc

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From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:02:18 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: [CR]The last Montelatici, 51 ctc

The last Montelatici (mon-teh-LAH-tee-chee) that Matteo mentioned that is still for sale, is a 51 ctc with no fork, for $250. Comes with decals, water bottle, 2 pair of badged bar plugs and a lot of ju-ju. Made by Cinelli SpA in Milano for his old buddy from their Junior racing days, Vasco Montelatici. Vasco opened his shop in Firenze at the close of WW2 and immediately started having frames built and sponsoring local talent. As soon as Cino was in the frame business, Vasco called him for frames and no one else. Sante Ranucci won the World Amateur Road Championship in 1955, so the frame may wear "world bands" on the seat tube. I'm working on writing up a history and perhaps Dale will post it on the CR site along with pictures of all the bikes? Vasco is currently in hospital due to internal hemorrhaging. I'm hoping he recovers enough to edit my history.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA