Ah, the passing of a master indeed. My Frejus track bike has some updating/modifications by him.
Even though I've never been in the NYC area, it is nice to hear the stories of the shops I would read about in the back ads of Bicycling! back then.
Regarding Argentinian components, my Vitus came thru Mike Fraysee's importation and had a 25.0 seat post that was a Campy 2 bolt knock-off, pantographed VITUS and a very small "Argentina" on it.
Ken Wehrenberg, Hermann, MO