galen pewtherer wrote:
>(original post can be found here
>http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10501.1975.eml
>)
>
>many thanks to the folks who reponded off-list, especially Bob Hovey.
>here's a synopsis of what i've found out:
>
>built in 1994, most likely by billato (the lugs are not pinned, which
>seems to indicate that it wasn't built by mondonico, according to
>bob), and marketed by torelli.
>(could it be a torelli pista speciale with masi decals? i couldn't
>find any pics of that bike).
>
>questions still remaining: what's up with the decals? they seem to be
>applied crookedly, but they have a clearcoat over them, as does the
>original owners name.
>was there ever a gran corsa track frame?
>what's it made out of? (i couldn't feel any rifling, so it's probably not slx).
>is it really a custom frame, or did the buyer just pay a little extra
>to get his name painted on the top tube?
>
>thanks again for all your help,
>
>
All:
This frameset came into the paintshop on June 7, 1994 and was completed on June 16, 1994.
The name was not painted on, it was applied with dry transfer lettering, the font is "Brush Script".
I am sure that Billato was NOT the builder, but don't recall who the actual builder Torelli was using at the time.
Jim Allen
the CycleSmiths
San Marcos, CA