Umm...no...not matte black... As I recall - the term for the "real" matte black finish back in the day was a color referred to as "Anthracite" over in the Colnago camp. Fifty cent terminology for "charcoal". A great color in person! The factory finish had a bit more burnished look to it. This DOES look like GM paint. Was sad to find Anthracite unavailable locally - even from Marcel Calborn at Celo Europa in the early 80's - when I made the youthful decision to have my "Gabus Green" ride repainted. :~( I should have left well enough alone - but was PO'd at the lack of the option and had it repainted a gloss black and added braze on cable guides and shifter bosses at Medici. Bike was subsequently stolen a few years ago - likely a karmic payback for the mods. In all seriousness - if anyone runs across a 58 c/c 70's Colnago Super - with the aforementioned mods - what would have been the early 80's "wrap around" decals - AND evidence of repair to a cracked BB that Medici repaired...keep me in mind. I miss that ride!
Kirk A. Thomas Keeper of "Le Bumble Bee" Arcadia CA USA
At 11:14 AM 4/21/06 +1000, Ben Kamenjas wrote:
>Charlie Young of Honey Brook, PA wrote:
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>>Subject: [BOB] Old MASIs for sale
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>>I usually don't post for sale stuff on the list, but if anyone is
>>interested I'm selling Two MASI's.
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>>One is a 62cm MASI 3V that has been converted into a Fixed/single
>>with mustache bars. Campy record brakes, 105 crank and IRO flip flop
>>hubs.
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>>http://www.sutter.com/mark/Masi/Masi.html
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>Hubba, Hubba ....
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>Matt black paint is now on my radar as the coolest paint in the world,
>even cooler than just bare chrome .. ok that's no paint but you know what
>I mean. How hot is that !!!!!!!
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>What happens when I put decals over basic GM Black ..... Im guessing the
>black will fade and weather and get all funky, no? Brilliant !!!!! Is that
>all there is .... a matte finish is just paint with no clear, right ?? or
>wrong?
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>Geez that's cool. Henry Ford moment. (but them off topic rims are ugly).
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>ciao,
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>Ben Kamenjas
>Sydney, Oz
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