Re: [CR]All Masi Owners/Serial #s

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

To: "Jack Gabus" <jack@shermangabus.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]All Masi Owners/Serial #s
References: <MHELKCFNLJJCPOHKBLKAEECMDOAA.jack@shermangabus.com>
From: "Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 16:29:02 -0700
In-Reply-To: (Jack Gabus's message of "Wed, 19 May 2004 15:27:13 -0700")
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

This one is on its way to me:

http://ebay.com/<blah>

According to the seller:

Serial Number: 065

He also wrote:

As to the history of the bike. I was in a cycling club here on Long Island in the mid 70's when I discovered that one of my club members owned Masi America. His name was Bill Recht. Bill got anyone in the club an all Campy nuovo record Masi at his cost ($525.00 in 1976) who wanted one. Mine was a beautiful light turquoise with bits of yellow about the interior of the lugs. [...] When Masi pulled out of California Bill Recht kept the factory and Medici was born. The Medici's of that period were really Masis with a different nameplate as they were made by the same people (Mario Confente) in the same jigs. My Masi had the additional braze-ons added and the plating done at the Medici plant for the grand total of $125.00 (Bill was really good to us)including the Phil Wood bottom bracket.

Did a search for 'recht' in the archives and HOO BOY.

Anyone tell me anything more about it? It will probably go to Ed Litton for braze-on removal and re-paint.

Morgan "seeking entry to the cult" Fletcher Oakland, CA