In a message dated 5/15/03 9:05:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, CyclArtist@cox.net writes:
> It was a brown
> Competition. After a while it was sold and the new owner asked that
> it be refinished. The customer insisted on Celeste and wanted to upgrade
> the components to Specialissima specification. I would have preferred
> that the original finish be maintained or restored, but the customer is
> boss. These circumstance is a good example of why we put our little
> CyclArt decal on our work, which might otherwise be confused with an
> original at some point in the future.
>
The transgression of consequence that I see here isn't so much the choice of
color, but the decals. Every Specialissima that I have ever seen has been SL
tubing, and every Competizione that I have ever seen has been SP. Both frames
generally came with the "Gruppo Record" Campagnolo decal, the Specialissimas
being equipped with those parts and the Competiziones equipped with steel
cranks and Gran Sport derailleurs (yet with the "Record" decal).
In the search through the list, one, and only one, Celeste Specialissima has
been claimed to be original.
This is after the fact, but CyclArt could probably have satisfied the
customer's wishes by painting the frame the color of his choice, but
insisting that the decal reflect the correct model, in this case
Competizione. The model designation goes with the frame (and tubing gauge),
not the parts.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA