Feels very late 60s-ish to me, Jay. Although, I'm no Bianchi enthusiast, so you can take it for what it's worth. I think I recall reading that they did away with the integrated headset (what this bike does NOT have) sometime around the mid-late 60s, but again, I don't know for sure. The Italian parts, like Campy, TTT stem, Univ brakes, etc. seem right, and I can't say about the Nervar cranks, Weinmann rims, or Wrights saddle, but I'd guess the Shimano item is not original. I FAR prefer that style of logo font, as opposed to what they adopted by the late 1970s (dunno how much earlier).
On another note, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. After years of holding out and waiting for you, the Torpado Superlight finally gave up, and decided to take up house with a local friend of mine ... Todd. So, I'm sorry to report that the window of opportunity ... has now closed. :(
Anyway, it will still be close by for me (about 3 miles), so I'll be able to see it one rides, and the like. Another one bites the dust :)
Ciao, Mark ~ ~ ~
In a message dated 2/4/2007 6:44:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes: Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:04:21 -0800 From: Jay Sexton <jvs@sonic.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Bianchi on e-bay
Will you Bianchi experts check out this auction and shed some light on what model this frame might be, and if the components offered would be "correct" for this frame?
http://ebay.com/
or item # 320078748024
Thanks.
Jay Sexton
Sebastopol, CA