Originally Posted by
Oldpeddaller
Oops! accident of timing! Nice bike. Same colour blue as my 1970 Mistral - originally sold as "Campagnolo Blue", Same fork crown and seat cluster as well. The Reynolds label doesn't look right - the fork labels are the same but the down tube label should be the English "Tubes, Forks & Stays" version. Looks like a later Mistral than mine.
Top tube clearly labeled "Special" with small decals on both sides,
so I'm going with that or an extremely clever forgery for now.