Re: [CR] That little Masi on eBay

> From: Steven Willis <smwillis@verizon.net>

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] That little Masi on eBay

\r?\n> To: raydobbins2003@yahoo.com, "Classic Rendezvous Bike List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

\r?\n> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 2:24 PM

\r?\n> It looks like the ones that you drill a hole straight

\r?\n> through the frame and it threads together, to me.

\r?\n> Steven Willis

\r?\n> The Bike Stand

\r?\n> 1778 East Second Street

\r?\n> Scotch Plains NJ 07076

\r?\n> 908-322-3330

\r?\n> http://www.thebikestand.com

\r?\n> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond

\r?\n> Dobbins" <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>

\r?\n> To: "Classic Rendezvous Bike List"

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\r?\n> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:14 PM

\r?\n> Subject: [CR] That little Masi on eBay

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\r?\n> A few days ago John Waner was concerned about what looked

\r?\n> like chrome shi

\r?\n> fter bosses on this 1970/71 Masi GC, and Dale Brown said

\r?\n> that they were "

\r?\n> add on Shimano shift lever chrome finish plastic adapters.

\r?\n> Should pop off a

\r?\n> nd reveal the brazed on Campag style bosses

\r?\n> underneath..."

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\r?\n> I thought Dale's eagle-eye opinion was correct (the

\r?\n> auction photos are very

\r?\n> small), but I just saw that the seller has added some new

\r?\n> info and pics, c

\r?\n> onfirming that they are shifter bosses that have been added

\r?\n> on, apparently

\r?\n> by way of four small screws on each boss.

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\r?\n> A lamentable modification, but still a cool little frame.

\r?\n> In case you

\r?\n> are planning on bidding (John?), but haven''t seen

\r?\n> the new info and pic

\r?\n> s...auction ends in under four hours:

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\r?\n> http://ebay.com/<blah>

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\r?\n> BTW, I've never seen those shifter bosses before, and

\r?\n> I'm wondering how wel

\r?\n> l four little screws into the thin metal, will hold.

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\r?\n> Ray Dobbins

\r?\n> Miami, Florida USA