Will the upcoming book be complete with photos of both locations (outside and work shop,) personnel, fixtures, and tooling? Will it give a complete breakdown of the various models produced at each location and record keeping regarding serial numbers, production run totals and raw materials used? If so, sounds like it should be quite worthwhile.
Ted Baer Palo Alto, CA
--- "richardsachs@juno.com" <richardsachs@juno.com>
wrote:
>
> sounds cool.
> how "upcoming" is it?
> e-RICHIE
> chester, ct
>
>
>
>
>
> -- "Jim Cunningham" <Cyclartist@cox.net> wrote:
> To be covered in detail in my upcoming book...
>
> Jim Cunningham
> CyclArtist
> Vista, CA
>
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> To: CyclArtist@cox.net
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> Subject: RE: [CR]Carlsbad vs. San Marcos Masis & the
> Real Deal
>
>
> jim-issimo
> don't stop there...
> you must know - what place in the pecking order
> did he hold? was he that far along that he was
> the "main guy" in italy, or was he just "one of
> the available guys"? or something in between?
> e-RICHIE
> chester, ct
>
>
>
>
>
> -- "Jim Cunningham" <Cyclartist@cox.net> wrote:
> snipped:
> "Matthew Gorski" <bikenut@verizon.net> wrote:
> "Mario Confente was the Verona shop foreman until
> mid 1973
> when he came with Faliero to set up the Carlsbad
> operation.
> Masi didn't move his operation to California."
>
> this fact continues to confound me...
> how do we know this? he was barely in his twenties
> at that point, no? i "thought" that he was just a
> guy who said "yes" to the trip abroad because he
> had no real ties at home, (family, etc...).
> e-RICHIE
> chester, ct
>
> Mario told me that on coming to California, he
> expected a brief visit. He
> said he was asked to participate in a
> "demonstration" of Italian
> framebuilding. He was surprised to find that the
> American builders were all
> trainees. There was real resistance to his early
> request to return home,
> but he enjoyed California and thought that he might
> be able to re-establish
> his frame shop in the "land of the free" without the
> impediments he had
> found at home.
>
> Mario was close to his family, especially his sister
> Bruna and he sent a
> substantial part of his earnings home to help
> support his parents.
>
> Jim Cunningham
> CyclArt
> Vista, CA
>
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