[CR]RE: 60's Masi Special Corsa

(Example: Framebuilders:Jack Taylor)

Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:59:37 -0800 (PST)
From: "brian fessenden" <brianfessenden@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]RE: 60's Masi Special Corsa


Has anyone seen this? I came across a picture of Peter Rich racing in San Jose in 1963, riding his Masi Special Corsa track bike. I know Peter and gave him a call last week and discussed the bike with him to see if th ere was something "special" about it.

He said he purchased the bike fr om Masi early sixties,  maybe 61 or 62. He did not recall anything specia l about the bike or the graphics on the downtube. The bike was white with a light blue headtube and light blue panel on the seat tube. Peter went on to mention that the bike was repainted Velo Sport Orange in the 70's. T ragically the bike was stolen from our local track in San Jose, Peter had l et them use it as a house bike to be available to new track riders.

Be low is a link to the bike. You may note the graphics appear to be the stand ard Masi Special with "Corsa" added. Was this a transitional decal? Any t houghts??

http://www.43bikes.com/fortythree/racing-web/trackUSA50s_mas i-cin.jpg

Brian Fessenden
Orinda, CA USA