On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Eugene Powell<radfin@spiritone.com> wrote:
> Wow, slow down guys.
> now we're in museum territory,
> HMMMMMMM
>
> Gene Powell
> Rad Finishes
> Portland, Oregon
> USA
If the original paint job is gone why does it matter? If an owner in the future wants to replace that paint job, the frame is being nicely protected by the current paint job. He can strip it and put a reproduction quality paint job on there.
I'd really like to know if there are painters out there that can restore a paint job to original when the seat tube has been replaced. That means paint destroying heat on 1/3 of the seat stays and chain stays, half of the downtube and top tube. That's at a minimum.
I'm not a Colnago collector, but having lived through the '70s it seems
like it takes a pretty special Colnago to go into a museum anyway. Replacing
a seat tube is disqualifying. There are probably a lifetime supply of
mint Colnagos
from the '70s sitting in basements. I think I might know where one is.
Eric Keller
Boalsburg, PA