Morgan,
Please advise your friend that an ebay seller "clifton32" (very active ebay seller from the UK) has what I believe to be the earlier version decals you speak of. Not sure if they have anymore, but I bid on at least to sets (and lost) within the past year. Hope that is a lead.
Good luck,
Eric Elman
Somers, CT
> My friend Tom has dropped off his Olmo at Ed Litton's shop for a
> restovation. (Hi Ed!) He's looking for the period-correct decals - or even
> the artwork or scans or photos for the period-correct decals - for his
> bike. Here's what he wrote me:
>
> You mentioned you might know of a group of enthusiast that might be able
> to help me track down some decals to buy or copy during the restoration
> of my Olmo bike.
>
> I found this one on ebay:
>
> http://ebay.com/
>
> Mine must be the one made before this one. Mine is a Competition but it
> doesn't have a braze on front derailleur and also has a cut out bottom
> bracket. My decals don't have the oval white backing. I particularly
> liked the fact that mine said OLMO down the back of the seat tube. I
> remember the quote "so the competition can see what you are riding". To
> bad the competition was never back there to see it.
>
> -TomQ
>
> He is also looking for a NOS Enlish-thread Super Record headset.
>
> Can any of you help Tom? His email is zippy@tomquinn.com.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Morgan "miss my old Olmo track bike" Fletcher
> Oakland, CA