1968 Paramount (frame built Nov.'67) - top and bottom hs say:
"BREV. CAMPAGNOLO ITALY BREV. CAMPAGNOLO ITALY"
Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio
> David Bilenkey wrote:
>
> I asked this question a while ago but got no real answer so I thought I'd
> ask folks a favour and see if something clearer comes of it.
>
> I'm working on a couple of project bikes and noticed some minor detail
> differences. Both of them have chromed steel Campagnolo headsets, and they
> are very similar but the one that's currently on the ~'65 Frejus says:
> BREV. CAMPAGNOLO ITALY BREV. CAMPAGNOLO ITALY on the top and bottom cups
in
> a slightly recessed groove around the circumference. Note the periods
after
> BREV.
>
> The one that's currently on the ~'72 Bevilacqua says (in a slightly
recessed
> groove around the circumference):
> BREV CAMPAGNOLO ITALY BREV CAMPAGNOLO ITALY on the top and BREV CAMPAGNOLO
> ITALY BREV CAMPAGNOLO <C> on the bottom cup.
>
> Notice the disappearance of the periods behind the BREV (both top and
> bottom), the loss of one ITALY and the introduction of the <C> (on just
the
> bottom cup and I think on the bottom of the crown race but I haven't
checked
> that). Otherwise the headsets look identical (in shape).
>
> So my request; is could list members having bikes with their (believed)
> original Campag steel headsets with similar writing on the cups, take a
> moment to check these details and report what details they found (with the
> year of the bike/headset)?
>
> I passed my original question on to John Barron and he reported a few
things
> including:
>
> > The next gen is what most everyone knows with words circumferentially in
> > a recessed path, or wide groove. These started with a <C> on the lower
> > cup (early 70's) and finished without.
>
> But I'm beginning to wonder if there were initially sets without the <C>
but
> with the period after BREV, and then the <C> was introduced and the period
> got dropped (when is what I'd like to figure out), and then eventually we
> had sets with neither the <C> nor the period. So I'm hoping the list might
> be able to help uncover this bit of trivia. I'm of the opinion that this
> headset I have on the '65 Frejus is correct and that this style of headset
> dates from the early 60's.
>
> David Bilenkey
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>
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