Rich:
Interesting, because when I visited Tommasini's shop a week and a half ago, he showed me quite a few old bikes in his collection (he is a serious vintage fan!) but I saw no bikes of that era. He had 2 or 3 bikes labeled"THOMAS" (only) and an earlier yet bike which was out on the wall of the showroom of the retail shop, labeled simply "T".
I hope you finish that project, I am now an even bigger fan of Tommasini!
Dale
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: Rich Pinder <rpinder@usc.edu> To: classic <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:36 am 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/
Here's my draft of the lettering:?
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/
And here's my entire page, showing the color of the newly painted frame:?
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/
Rich Pinder?
Van Nuys, CA?
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