[CR]Old style Tommasini graphics - one last time

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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:36:10 -0700
From: "Rich Pinder" <rpinder@usc.edu>
To: classic <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Old style Tommasini graphics - one last time

Hi all,

With great help influenced from the southern hemisphere, I am getting close to a set of the OLD style Tommasini decals to fit my mid 70's 'Tommasini Racing' frame restoration.

The head/seat tube decals are already nicely reproduced. The multi colored stripes with the name GROSSETO on them will be easy.

But the block lettering for the down tube is still being designed. On the link below you can see a very small portion of what the original decals looked like - but it would be GREAT to get an existing, higher resolution shot of the lettering from someone out there who might have one. I also have an image of my current 'draft' of the wording and letter type.

I think those down tube decals were very fragile - and I verified at Interbike with the Tommasini folks that they have none of these originals left in their stock. They have all disintegrated and are not usable any longer

Sorry to post this again, but in the off chance a new list-member is reading... I appreciate in advance any help you can give !

Here's the photo from the CR website that shows a portion of an original down tube decal (third image down from the top): http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Tommasini/tomassini_blue_bike.htm

Here's my draft of the lettering: http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~rpinder/images/TLtrs.jpg

And here's my entire page, showing the color of the newly painted frame: http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~rpinder/tom.html

Rich Pinder
Van Nuys, CA