Yes, the second pedal without the strap loop sounds like the last steel cage version of the original Record pedal. I don't know what the correct name would be without checking the catalogs (maybe Nuovo Record?).
The loop might have been deleted with the CPSC regs in 1978, but I suspect it was deleted because it was decided it wasn't needed for the strap and actually reduced the size of the shoe that would work on the pedal. Remember when the black anodized alloy caged SL (Superleggeri) pedal came out in 1971 it didn't have the loop either.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, California http://www.velo-retro.com (NEW list of reprints and T-shirts)
Tom Dalton wrote:
>
> Eric,
> Because GS and record pedals have so many differences
> and the pairs that you have are so similar, I strongly
> suspect that you have two sets of Records. While I
> don't know about ealrier G.S.,the later ones were
> clearly maked gran sport. As for the deletion of the
> loop, I think it happened around the same time as
> other revisions that were made to comply with CPSC
> regs, and I suspect it was part of those changes. I
> think this was in 1977, but I will check Chuck's
> timeline on that.
> --- Eric Elman <tr4play@home.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Question four: How do you know that his other
> > pedals
> > > are GS? At (about?) the same time that the loop
> > was
> > > deleted from the Record, Campy also started using
> > the
> > > SL plastic caps on the Record pedal. If the two
> > sets
> > > he has are similar other than the caps and the
> > loop/no
> > > loop, I'd say the second set is later Record.
> > The
> > > G.S. really look quite different.
> > >
> >
> > I posted the original question.
> >
> > To clarify and relative to Q4 above, except for the
> > noted differences
> > (plastic cap, no toe strap loop, no markings on
> > pedal body) these two pedal
> > sets are identical in the body casting, cage design,
> > cap profile, spindle
> > profile and markings.
> >
> > Which leads me to wonder when the loop was deleted
> > from the original Record
> > design?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Eric Elman