For a long time I have enjoyed the Colnago factory's fascination with pantographing. A look through my past Ebay transactions shows me that I have often purchased or obtained some pantographed items to enjoy them, inspect them, clean them up, and then turn a profit. A friend of mine calls them bicycle jewelry and I have to agree. I have noticed so many different styles of pantographing, perhaps from different years, perhaps not. I have come to the conclusion that someone in the factory obtained stock stems and seatposts and then was given access to a pantographing machine with the loose instructions to "have at it". This is part of the appeal of these "custom - factory" bikes. Long before McDonalds and Howard Johnson's had the idea of total standardization, the Italian factories were making custom one of a kind versions of somewhat mass produced bicycles. I think one could see a Colnago ad in a magazine, hunger for a similar bike and order one. What he actually ended up with may or may not have been a close copy of the ad bike. That is part of the charm and part of the excitement of collecting these bikes. Depending on who was assigned duty at the pantographing machine that day determined how long the flutes were, what kind of club was depicted, whether or not there was a Colnago "C" and in what typeface. Nowadays the Colnago factory has probably learned its lesson. They churn out thousands of identical Carbon moncoques or whatever they are called. I have a lot of trouble feining interest in any one of their new bikes, no less comparing one to another.
Garth Libre in Miami Fl. USA (enjoying the pantographotos of Ray's Pantografatta and wishing that his bike were pantomine. Ray, ... Do you polish your pantographed parts in your good pantalones or do you have some old aluminum stained overalls for the job?)