Bob Hufford recently send around an ad for a Masi from the Craig's List site, an ad that contained the following line:
"Serial numbers on bottom bracket: 0115; MC 55."
Bike is stated to be 1974. Now, if I remember right, that serial number would be part of the series of frames made after the Carlsbad facility closed, and manufacturing was set up elsewhere, right? Up in LA? San Marcos?
Anyway, the first Masis didn't have the zero prefix, I'm quite sure..
So, that bike would be more like 1976, right?
small thing, but crucial, in my view, since the Carlsbad frames are certainly more interesting to me than any of the later ones.
Charles "picky" Andrews
SoCal