Ok Chuck and others, please help me here. The lever I have (from early boom Coppi) is stamped on the side of the body with a wide diamond Balilla logo, and a bird that is for the most part exactly like the bird I have seen on Gipiemme brake bridges. Did Galli also blend with Gipiemme (and so early), or is this perhaps a national symbol, like the eagle on US crests? The lever has no QR or rounded undersides, but it does have a threaded cable adjuster, and a cool translucent, faded color red vinyl or rubber hood. Any ideas of what the hood looked like when new? Inquiring minds want to know...
Best regards, Mark Agree Detroit MI
Chuck Schmidt wrote:
>Insidentally, I found out recently that Balilla turned into GALLI at
>some point (late 60s - early 1970s?).