Re: [CR]butchered De Rosa...rant, and a question.

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 18:53:29 -0500 (EST)
From: <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]butchered De Rosa...rant, and a question.


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Dang. I shoulda checked with a few a' youse first. Examining the slot more closely it appears it probably *is* a factory job. Argh. Although it does also appear someone filed t he slot wider up at the top. No filing at the bottom. No crack yet either. Maybe if I just round off the corners it'll be ok.

That's terrible. Ugo should be ashamed..

Charles "humbled, but enlightened" Andrews

Los Angeles

-----Original Message----- From: Tam Pham

Sent: Mar 3, 2008 6:30 PM To: "brianbaylis@juno.com"

Cc: chasds@mindspring.com Subject: Re: [CR]butchered

My '73-'74 Molteni De Rosa is also sawn down to the seat tube the same

Cheers, Tam

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:20 PM, brianbaylis@juno.com < brianbaylis@juno.com&g

Charles,

I just looked at t nd graphics; no o t is sawn throug bottom (e e period,

Once you've got your hands around Ugo's neck and you're m the whatfor, don't forget he's probably around 80 ye

Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA

It is what

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chasds@mindspring.com wrote: I finally got around t awhile back. The one, really tragi at-lug clam dge of the . H &nb

I've seen this on a few really nice old frames, now, and curse the fool who would do such a thing. N ack jobs remove way too much material, but e past the lug. Something I just cannot at stupid and even be smart enoug

'course, I know what I'd li e company, ya know?

Naturally, I'd love to have five minutes alone with the clown who did th is damage to my De Rosa, but since that particular satisfaction is denie d me, my question is, what to do?

there is no crack in the seat-t not been loosened or tightened a crack to start. remove the immediate k could still get s d area (or would i

The one time I talked with a blem, he said you could eit -tube, or remove/replace t

Neither of these methods is acceptable to me, since th retty otherwise, in original paint and graphics (it l used, except for this one problem).

Would f th ist one

and a touch-up would be easier.

Framebuilders! Anyone the frame <g>

Thanks for any and all suggestions on how to fix this.

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