Ronald, good luck in your search! Maybe this will get the ball rolling. And, welcome to the list.
Walter Serena (ITALY):
28th in 1953 Giro d Italia; TEAM: Welter
55th in 1954 Giro d' Italia; TEAM: Bottecchia URSUS
44th in 1955 Giro d' Italia; TEAM: G.S. LEO-Chlorodont
I found this information at http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net Looks like quite a treasure chest of information.
Angel Garcia Long valley, NJ
In spite of the obvious highly knowledgeable number of persons here in the domain of italian bikes I didn't yet have had a lot of informations concerning my Serena bike..Here is something I dug out from the web that could lead to more about it: I've seen a Walter Serena on a palmares of competitors back in the late fifties..I think his most important was a first place in 54 at a european tour wich one though I don't remember ! but it wasn't any of the major ones. But in any case lets say that he was a known italian competitor at the time. Whatever I've read about him also revealed that he was part of a group/competitors from brescia, italy. The likely production period of my bike is anything around 1965 and according to its plate on the post it was "fabricada" in brescia.That would support a theory of Walter Serena after a competitor career could have started his own bikes giving them its own name...
At the reading of the content of the exchanges taking place between most of you I am discovering a new world...I am somewhat versed in the domain of english and european sports cars (vintage) but the bikes is new to me but the passion for an old car or bike has its origins from a common spot...hence my questionning about the Serena!
So I hope that one will come with more details about the story of the Serena bikes, thank you so much,
Ronald Manseau, Gaspé,Québec.