In a message dated 3/14/2005 10:37:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, Dirk writes:
To bad, seems that the days when I could get a Masi Prestige frame for less then $100 on german eBay are gone forever. So for everybody: I got the information from the seller that the BB is engraved with "57" (the size) and "75", no additional characters. Have Prestiges been built in 1975?
Dirk
Yes, the earliest one I've seen aside from a few unconfirmed repaints is this one belonging to Karen Rawls:
http://client.visuallink.com/
As you can see, they are quite similar. Except Karen's has a month in the date code (754, April 75) so the one on eBay having just the year might possibly be be a bit older.
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA