Re: [CR]Help needed on Umberto Dei decal placement

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:14:51 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Help needed on Umberto Dei decal placement
References: <42C405B5.80801@bellatlantic.net>


Edward Albert wrote:
> (snip)
> However, the decal set also comes with an Umberto Dei signature
> decal in script with the tail of the final "i" swinging back under the
> entire name. I can find no pictures of this transfer and have been told
> that on the 30's bikes this, in fact, may be the correct decal for the
> down tube rather than the fancier "Milano" decal. Can anybody offer any
> help.

A very common layout for graphics on 30s Italian bikes was to have a headbadge, a smaller depiction of the headbadge as a decal on the front of the seattube, and on the top of the downtube to have a single script version of the name with underline (picture a baseball team logo or Coca-Cola script) readable from the left side of the bike.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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