Wilier is still being produced, and indeed still being used in the Pro Tour peleton. Are you saying the current company has no connection to the original one? I know I have seen several On Topic Wiliers, and I sure thought several of them were quite a bit later than 1952. So did they sell out to another company in 1952 or just move production to a different site like Carlton after the Worksop fire?
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: Robert Goughary <goughary@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] Seeking Wilier Info and Headbadge
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 1:21 PM
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Hi All -
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I am looking for post-war Wilier information. My bike seems
\r?\n> to be from late forties early fifties (factory closed in
\r?\n> 1952)
\r?\n>
\r?\n> First Problem - I am unsure what the correct inner diamter
\r?\n> of the seat post should be. the Seat clamp has clearly been
\r?\n> clamped around something too small - I now have a 26.8 in
\r?\n> there, but maybe it should be a 27mm?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Second - When I remove the seat clamp, there is copper, but
\r?\n> when I removed the paint on the lugs, and on the tubes (have
\r?\n> removed small spots to look), there is no copper. Though why
\r?\n> would there be copper under the seat clamp if the bike
\r?\n> hadn't previously been plated? maybe the bike was rusting
\r?\n> through the copper and whoever repainted sand blasted it
\r?\n> prior to painting?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Third - Still looking for a headbadge. Any help there would
\r?\n> be greatly appreciated
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Fourth - I'd like to try to track any info down regarding
\r?\n> this bike, it's year of production, etc. Is there any data
\r?\n> floating around on Wilier and their serial numbers? When did
\r?\n> they stary using the newer campy dropouts instead of the
\r?\n> cambio corsa drops? things like that...
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Thanks,
\r?\n> Rob Gougahry
\r?\n> Stamford, CT USA