RE: [CR]Mario Confente Superlight

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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:55:25 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]Mario Confente Superlight


Jim Cunningham wrote,

This MASI frame was built by Mario at Masi while I worked there with him. The client was Sam Bloomfield of San Diego, an elderly gent who wanted the lightest possible bike. It was understood that he would ride it little, if at all. I think it was delivered in clearcoat with gold pearl. We did several show bikes in clear to show the tidy brazing and in this case, I painted it with pearlised gold clear that was used as a topcoat on the yellow bikes to make it a little more special. I have a photo of Sam and his wife taking delivery of the frame I'll look for it in my Confente files and post it soon. (snip) ======

Brian Baylis wrote,

By all means, dig up the photo of the bike. I don't think I've ever seen the "clearcoat treatment" on a frame using gold pearl in the process. I'd be interested to see that and also if it is visible in the photo, assuming you find it.

Since I wasn't there at the time, I have a question about the painters present while you were. I've never been able to figure it out. Wasn't Ron Smith there the entire time you worked there? I know he was there before your arrival; wasn't he also there still after you left? And where does Pricilla Hoefer come in as the painters' assistant? If you could fill in the situation during that time perhaps I could make sense of these stray bits of information. Hope you can help me. Thanks. ======

Wondering if I missed the responding post? I'm in the middle of upgrading to a G5 so I probably missed it, but I couldn't find anything in the archives Jim Cunningham in response to Brian's questions?

I love new Masi and Mario Confente info...

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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