On Jan 30, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Hennie van Leeuwen wrote:
> As we all know, De Rosa and Colnago have built frames in the Molteni
> colours for the Greatest ever.
> Eddy also used Kessels frames. Kessels did sell also Molteni's to
> "normal" people, I'm the lucky owner of 1975 race replica and a very
> rare
> randonneur (rear luggage rack part of the frame).
> Does any one know whether the Colnago's and the De Rosa's were built
> only for Merckx or were they also sold ?
> greetings
>
> hennie van leeuwen
> veenendaal, holland.
Yes, Colnago and De Rosa sold models painted Molteni orange but not with the Eddy Merckx decals (no license agreement). And Falcon (England) and Allegro (Switzerland) sold Molteni orange replicas with "Eddy Merckx" decals (with license agreement).
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)