I have one but do not know much about them except what I was told verbally.

My brother rode his first race in 1960 (in front of the White House) as a teenager on one, allegedly a 1935 model, which he still has (track bike, obviously). He said it was a Red Devil model, I could not say as it had been repainted. Sorry, I was four at the time.

Fast forward to the late 90's, he's packing up to move out of state and I helped with the bikes (17 at the time?). I'm a bit taller than he, and as I picked up one I jokingly mentioned it looked more my size than his; he paused for a moment, and said "take it". it has been in my (dehumidified) basement ever since, it needs "restoration".

He got it in the mid-1970's, I recall his 200-mile trip to pick it up from an older guy he knew as a kid; I think it might have been the original owner. I was told it's a 1958 "Grey Ghost", where do they come up with these names or are they really the names at all? Well, it is grey/silver, after all, almost looks like Hammerite finish paint; at least the Drysdale decals are still on this one. Road bike (gee, I need to take a digital picture someday), Campy Gran Sport rear shifter, Gnutti steel cotterless cranks, Mafacs, I cannot remember the rest of the componentry and do not have the bike in front of me.

All I've heard about Mr. Drysdale (Albert? Alfred?) was that he was based in NY and learned his craft from someone named Kopsky (and I've been shown once, many decades ago, a track fork I was told was made by Kopsky). All hearsay, I cannot substantiate. Anyone know the brand more intimately?

What I really need to do is somehow dedicate the man-hours to make the bike presentable. That said, following a few topics on this forum reveal that others have a more rigid definition of restoation than I'm used to. I was planning on stripping it down to bare metal, painting it however I want (I'm actually pretty good with a rattle can) contact my wife's friend who is a graphic artist and claimed he could duplicate the decals from digital photos, clean up and replace/upgrade components (as in, if I like it and it's old, it goes on the bike). This would not pass muster in a musuem, more like what a car enthusiast would call 'resto-rod". Well, no harm done - yet.