On Apr 23, 2010, at 12:10 PM, neithernors wrote:
> I have a Colnago frame that has been re-painted once at least but I
> found a little orange paint inside the steerer tube that looks
> ancient enough to be original but the frame is early, about 71,
> before Colnago put out Molteni replicas. I think they sold Molteni
> colored bikes with Colnago decals before that - I've seen photos of
> some. I don't know when those might have started. The team bikes
> were certainly orange in 1971, not that I have any reason to think
> this is a team frame.
>
I had a Molteni orange Colnago with the serial # 71218. Phil Brown Bought about a mile from where I live now in Oakland, Calif.