Mark,
San Marcos and Carlsbad are very near one another. The original location was Carlsbad. The MC stayed with the markings until about 1984; even though the frames were actually built in Rancho Santa Fe and San Marcos for quite some time after the original location was relenquished in about 1978. Tesch built the frame you have in the fourth quarter of 1983, frame #28. That would be just before the change to the "SMC" in the serial numbers. Relax, the earth is not changing its' axis of rotation. Everything is in order.
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
>
> MC =Masi Carlsbad
>
> Tell me it ain't so.
>
> Mine says MC on the bottom bracket, Specifically...serial # MC54 D8328 But...it is a 1983 Masi GC. Tesch, former listmember who worked for Masi, told me he built my frame in 1983 San Marcos.He asked questions, saw the pics,asked about the Masi engravings on the chrome fork crown,the fork being oval new continentals, and I presume other tippoffs. We never discussed the GC in the serial number and as a newbie I was much too dumb to think of it.Is there something amiss here?Could Tesch have built
>
> Now I am easy going. I could readily accept that the MC stood for Mark Cutrufelli.That would make perfect sense. But now I don't know where my bike was made.
>
> Help medic? Before me and my Masi have an identity crisis.I still have the EBAY pics and description if anyone could help.
>
> Mark (Breakaleggo) Cutrufelli
> Laurel,MD
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Steven L.
> Sheffield
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:43 AM
> To: mmeison@scubadiving.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Masi Question
>
> MC signifies Masi Carlsbad.
>
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> On
> Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:30:21 -0400 (EDT) wrote:
>
> I guess that this has been rehashed over and over
> but I can't find it in the archives.
> There is a 1974 Masi frame availiable on e-bay.
> http://ebay.com/
> While it isn't nearly my size nor am I related to
> the seller in any way I was curious about it.
> The seller states the serial number is 488, and the
> bottom bracket is stamped MC. Would this be a Mario Confente
> Masi or is the MC something completely different.
> Thanks in advance,
> Marty "I'm not buying it" Eison
> Dallas, Texas
>
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> Steven L. Sheffield
> stevens at veloworks dot com
> veloworks at mac dot com
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