Sad indeed to see it parted out, but man oh man, that seller's response to Kevin sure put everything in place.
Anyhoo, the brake levers that are also listed are fun to look at closely. Their artisanal nature is clearly visible in several of the seller's excellent photos. Here's the link to the levers:
Too early on Monday? Too much vino for lunch? Those holes were clearly made "by eye."
Ray Dobbins
Miami Florida USA
From: Charles Andrews <chasds@mindspring.com> Subject: [CR] ebay outing--parting out a pantografata. Sad To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 9:48 AM
It seems rather sad that this seller feels like he has to part out his very-rare, intact, original colnago pantografata. He could keep the parts for the next owner, or he could just find another Colnago with similar style, if not quite the same, and use that as his regular rider.
These are very tough to find intact now..I hope he's not going to re-space the frame too, but, guess what? He probably is. Maybe if we all wrote him polite notes urging him to re-consider, he might.
He knows what he's doing isn't exactly pretty, but it's not stopping him.
Too bad.
Charles Andrews Los Angeles /
"Somebody has to be tireless... or the fast buck operators would asphalt the entire coast, fill every bay and slay every living thing incapable of carrying a wallet."
--John D. MacDonald