At 10:56 AM 1/7/2001 -0500, Sheldon Brown wrote:
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>In the late '70s a number of smart U.S. importers came up with a solution. They imported bare frames from Italy, then did complete prep in the U.S. to high U.S. standards, chasing the threads, facing for the headset and bottom bracket, and painting the frames.
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>Some of these companies were Ten Speed Drive, Giordana, Lawee, Torelli (Torelli and Giordana are still at it.)
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I have wondered over what span of time this switch took place. I just last week built up an NOS '92 Torelli Countach, nicely pinned and mitered but with, I think, Italian paint. While the "in plane" alignment was spot-on, it required a little dropout filing in the rear and absolutely needed chasing and facing, which it got.
Jeff Slotkin
TheLocalSpoke
Goose Creek, SC