I didn't want to be the bearer of bad news either but that looks like a bad repair job on the down tube lug and a respray.
Some other obvious things, the Colnago Super decal on the top tube was usually found on the chain stays and the fork crowns like yours were usually chrome plated. Colnago didn't start applying "fade" paint jobs until much later than your frame.
Sorry,
Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA
oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> << - although the bottom headtube lug is blended beautifully with the downtube. >>
>
> Uh oh... Joe, looks like you may have a serious problem here. From what I can see in the picture, I am afraid a repair, and not such a good one, has taken place here. I hope I am wrong... This warrants a closer look.?
>
> Dale
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: joe mcdoogle
> Hi again, I have bought (and finally received) a Colnago Super frame that I am
> planning to restore and build up with period correct components. I think it is
> reasonably early going by the simple clover design on the fork crown but was
> hoping someone with more knowledge than I may be able to help me narrow it down
> a little.
>
> A few details: It has Campagnolo dropouts, isn't recessed for brake bolts, has
> cable guides on top of the BB and along the top tube, the BB shell has a clover
> cutout but there are no cutouts on the lugs - although the bottom headtube lug
> is blended beautifully with the downtube.
>
> I have put some pictures up on retrobike if anyone is interested in taking a
> look:
>
> http://www.retrobike.co.uk/
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Joseph - a bird in the hand - Headd
> Manchester
> England