> A friend gave me an old low-end 60's or 70's Atala > frame with gas-pipe tubing and rough lugs. > A standard Campy Bottom Bracket won't fit, as the BB > diameter is wider than that of standard cups. > > What could this be and where and I find a bottom bracket?
Amir,
If the BB is merely wider than expected, but uses standard Italian threaded cups, you might try to find a spindle meant for a 74mm wide bottom bracket.
74mm was a "standard" but less highly utilized Italian BB width. If this is the case, it's conceivable you could use a spindle meant for 72mm thin-wall cups with thick-wall Italian cups. It would not have to be Campagnolo stuff. I don't know how many Miche, Ofmega and Magistroni parts are floating around the Tel Aviv area, but those characters made such stuff.
Mazal tov,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)