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Old 07-17-11 | 07:08 AM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

http://classicrendezvous.com lists only two Austrian marques, Austro-Daimler (SDP) and Capo, but I am sure there were others. These were probably the only ones exported to the U.S. Before 1990 I assumed that SDP and Capo were part of the same company, after a friend in the bicycle lubricant business saw my first Capo in 1974 and said, "A Capo -- That was the top of the Steyr-Puch line." I suspect O tto Cap targeted SDP dealerships when he made his limited marketing push into California in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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