Originally Posted by cadd9
Here's some more pics. I saved this bike from being crushed, it was in a steel recycle bin along with about 10 other bikes.
I've been riding this bike for the last two days and it's like a ferarri! Super light! and fast. Thanks for all the help with the dating! Does the 63 on the steerer tube mean that the forks were made in 63?........
They are a sweet ride...LUCKY! Some day, I'll find a '70s Masi GC in the dumpster... (not likely)
Looks like it may be a year or so later than I first thought; this from Brian Baylis on dating Italiano Masi:
"The earliest date I've seen on a Gran Criterium is 8.69. If this bike appeared in 1969 as a completed bike it would have been at the very end of the year. For the most part, Italian CG's are considered to be 1970 to 1973-'74. In Italy I think the GC gave way to the Masi "Prestige" in about 1973 or early '74. The latest date I've seen on an Italian GC is 6.73. That would be only a few months befor the first CA Masis appeared in the US."
My guess is that the 63 on the steerer
may be June of '73... BUT, I thought Masi Italy was also using the GF BB shell with the big M cutout by then... cadd9, I think you may want to ask about this Masi on the CR list... Oh, and the "patent 70" on the rear deraileur indicates a '70 mfg. date. From the pictures, the cranks are from '70-'72 or so (no date code in diamond, but later profile), and the brakes are post '69 (very early ones - '68-'69ish - didn't have CAMPAGNOLO stamped into the arms).