Re: [CR]tommasini

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:27:20 -0700
From: "Rich Pinder" <rpinder@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR]tommasini
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This appears very similar to the frame I'm re'doing - which was purchased in 1978 (or 77).

http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~rpinder/tom.html

Here is the elusive, earlier model example up on CR that I'm patterning the rebuild after: http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Tommasini/tomassini_blue_bike.htm

While this frame looks like mine, the paint/graphics on yours seems like ones later to me as well.

I'm (sloooowly....) encouraging our buddy down in Australia to help reproduce that FOIL based head badge - quite different than other, later head graphics on T bikes. And I've JUST about got the BLOCK text down tube lettering done, which reads: "TOMMASINI racing"

Good luck Rich

Richard Robinson wrote:
> Frederik,
>
> I am by no means an expert, but I'll take a stab at it. Based on the over BB cable guides, one set of water bottle braze-ons, the seat stays to seat lug finish, and a flat fork crown I would guess this frame was from the mid to late 70's. Perhaps as late as the very early 80's. The graphics look somewhat 80'ish. Does anyone come up with a different age?
>
> Regards, Rich Robinson