[QUOTE=Sigurdd50]well 10 bucks was too good a deal to pass up. And the fellow selling the Bottechia was about 100 yards from where I live! it ain't a light weight, but it looks fine. Lots of cool decals, espousing Campion del Mundo, Italia, 1962, 1964, 1966...stuff like that.
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Three comments - Wow! I wish I had a neighbor like that - could be in the running for catch of the year. If those tubular rims are in good shape - with Campy hubs - they could bring well over $100.00.

Not a lightweight? Maybe not compared to your Felt, but I bet that in its day, it definitely was considered one.

Given the dates on the tube, it would have to be at least a 1967 (hard to predict winning a World Championship/Italian National Championship in advance) - probably pretty close to that though.