In the past, Campagnolo would make parts to custom order. The the HiLo Record rear hub was originally custom-made for the West German Olympic Team in 1972, for example. I've also seen large flange track hubs with no holes and the flanges closer together for a narrow spaced fork. Your hub sounds like another custom ordered item to me.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California United States of America http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)
Mike Fabian wrote:
> Dear JB,
>
> Thanks so much for helping to shed some light on this mystery of
> mine. I've had this hub for maybe twenty years or so kicking around
> various boxes of old stuff and finally I am getting some info on it.
>
> I removed the locknuts on mine but there is no date. The axle is a
> quick release one and I'm pretty sure it is a replacement along
> with the nuts. The cones and lockwashers (!)have smaller stampings
> than I am used to seeing. In fact I don't ever recall seeing the
> lockwashers stamped with anything before.
>
> I guess the final question I still wonder about is just why Campy
> would have made such a beast in the first place ? I was schooled
> that you can simply run a single freewheel on the cog threading of
> a fixed hub with no problems. By leaving off the lockring and it's
> threads you have a much less versatile / practical hub.
>
> Again . . . weird,
>
> Mike Fabian
> San Francisco, US
>
> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:42:35 -0500
> From: "John Barron" <jb@velostuf.com>
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> I have one of these early, no "RECORD" hubs. It has lockrings dated
> 1958...
> I doubt that they had BMX back then...
>
> John Barron
> Minneapolis MN
>
>
>
> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:33:31 +0100
> From: Hilary Stone <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
>
> emeneff@earthlink.net wrote:
>> Dear Listees,
>>
>> I have a sort of mystery Campy rear track hub that is looking for an
>> explanation.
>>
>> It is a large flange "no-record" early track type hub but it has no
>> stepped-down reverse threaded provision for a lockring. Weird. At
>> first I thought perhaps someone might have stripped the lockring
>> thread and had it removed by a machinist. But the rounded profile of
>> the hub shell makes me question that. There doesn't seem like there
>> was any stepped-down section at all to begin with. The flange spacing
>> definitely is wider than that of a regular road hub. I have some
>> photos posted on the Wool Jersey Gallery :
>>
>> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>> +001.
>> jpg.html
>>
>>
>> Its probably for a single freewheel as used on BMX...
>
> Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
>> Has anyone seen or heard of something like this ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike Fabian
>> San Francisco, CA USA