My conclusion depended largely on my understanding that italian GCs after about 1973 did not come with the Cali Masi graphics, and this bike looks original. It's not a repaint.
Thanks.
Charles
> snipped:
> <chasds@mindspring.com> writes:
> Did Alberto have access to the cast lugs in the mid-70s,
and
> was he exporting bikes with the Cali Masi graphics,
violating the
> licensing?
>
> those lugs were used concurrently on the italian Masi
Prestige
> frames whilst (?) and the 'merican Gran Crits. it remains
a
> mystery as to whose provenance they really were. my take
> is that they were a product of the 'home office' and
offered
> up stateside so the people making the frames under license
> could keep things up-to-spec.
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