Richard is absolutely right. I didn't notice the difference until I went back and looked at it again. Almost makes that bike even more desirable, in my book.
Charles
> that's not 'the' twin plate crown. it is a plain fisher
> sand-cast crown that has seen the buzz saw!
> seriously...
> some late 60s/early 70s italian masi frames had
> this treatment. eddy merckx's 69/70 faema frames
> show this feature often. there is sometimes a small
> hole drilled on the side of each blade pocket too.
> the twin plate crown that is seen on some cali masi
> frames is very different from this auctioned masi.
> e-RICHIE
> http://www.richardsachs.com
>
>
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 09:19:15 -0700 "C. Andrews"
<chasds@mindspring.com>
> writes:
> > Check out this pretty, very early, italian-made Masi GC.
I
> > wasn't aware that the italian bikes had the twin-plate
> > crowns, I somehow always thought that was something used
> > first in Carlsbad. Nice detail pictures. Note
especially
> > the bb shell pic, with the larger cutout in the bb lug
> > tang... I'm sure glad it's not my size...I'd bet the
farm
> > for something like this in my size...not all original
parts,
> > alas.
> >
> >
http://ebay.com/
> > 27916
> >
> >
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