There are substantial detail features that indicate this bike was built by Confente. While some folks poo-poo such details if the bike doesn't have a spade cutout in the bottom bracket, the fact is there are far fewer bikes that can be readilly attributed to Confente which have an Masi M cutout in it (just a handful built) than "bona-fide" Confentes (over a hundred?) I think a real grail bike would be a 61cm with eye-talian slots cut in the BB and all those detail cues...but I suspect the details (milling, extra lil holes in braze-ons, etc) are a product of Confente's evolution as a builder, so I kinda doubt there's pre-73 bikes with all those details...but it sure is nice to think there could be a couple though. I am most certainly no expert, but like to think I am somewhat well-informed, as my Calimasi (MC61 01) is most certainly a Mario-built bike: this I am told by the "real" experts. I'll leave it to the discretion of them to divulge on list about "the details" if they chose (I would not)
Dale Phelps, Northern Colorado USA
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