Sigurdd50

this popped up on a local exchange
https://www.madisonstuffexchange.com/...une_05_005.jpg

any value here?

Walter

I took a look at Sheldon Brown's price guide and he seemed to feel they're value is based primarily on parts which is not useful when looking at a frameset.

It's an older frame, mid-70s or earlier is my guess. Assuming straightness I don't see how you can go wrong for 10$ unless seller tries to make extra $ on shipping.

TheOtherGuy

That frame isn't a valuable Torpado... As for them being valued based on parts though, that's a load. There are some top end Torpados that are made as well as nearly any other high end marque. I sure wouldn't pass up a Super Light or Super Strada. Nor would I pass up an ItalVega SuperLight or SuperSpeciale, both also built by Torpado. Very nice frames.

T-Mar

Even the boom era, entry level Torpado had nice frames, though they were high tensile steel. The next to the bottom of the line model was very nice. All chrome underneath a translucent paint (except for the yellow version, which was opaque) with exposed chrome on the head lugs, fork crown, bottom half of the stays and fork blades. Nice, ornate lugs with cut-outs. In my experience, any problems were related with the low end French and/or Italian components. The build standards of the frame were on par with other European manufacturers and they were certainly aesthetically pleasing, at least to my eyes.

The frame the poster is looking at would appear to be very late 1970s or early 1980s. The appearance is very much toned down over the early and mid-1970s models.

Sigurdd50

Much obliged for all your astute observations
I did do a quick google for torpado and noted that this frame is oddly marked vs.those other samples.

thanks