Re: [CR]Need Help Dating Frame

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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:24:24 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: "Eric Goforth" <ewgoforth@earthlink.net>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Need Help Dating Frame
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Hello,

It looks to me that one of the decals says Galmozzi, Milano, M. Gioia and 67 on it.

Could that be the date of some victory, or something like that? If that is a date then it couldn't be any older than 1967. Google translates Gioia as "Joy."

Eric Goforth Durham, NC 27707 USA

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> I was going to say late 70's, but the CR website says that Columbus tubing decal is from the 60's. Of course, the decal could be from inventory and older than the frame.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> Big Spring, TX
>
>
>
> Kevin Moran <gridplan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Listers,
> I just acquired a Galmozzi, but am not sure when
> it was made. I see no serial number and, sadly, most
> of its original parts are gone. The only date code I
> see is on the Brooks saddle indicating 1973. But I
> don't even know if it is original. I'm told the owner
> raced in the 1960's and died in 1974. His widow
> mothballed the bike until sometime in the 1980's when
> she took it to a bike shop and (this is where I slap
> my head in disgust) they replaced nearly all the Campy
> parts with Dura Ace. The original parts are now lost
> to the ages.
>
> I've posted a few pics:
>
> http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/gridplan/Galmozzi/
>
> I don't know if the lugwork or decals will tell
> someone when it was made, but does 1973 seem a
> reasonable date of manufacture? Are there any
> date-coded parts I should check? (not that many
> original ones remain) Also, it has Dura Ace bar-end
> shifters. Would the original also have had bar-end
> shifters (Campy) or downtube shifters?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kevin Moran
> Bloomington, IN
> USA