Originally Posted by
jimmuller
We thought about Ferrari Red, which is actually similar to this but with a bit of black added. Toby and Joe both though t pure red would look better. (That pure-red paint is expensive, $125.00/pint!)
Thanks. The non-Milano HT decal was my request. I don't recall whether the decal set they had had the red/white/blue ST bands. Joe M. is a stickler for details (it was his suggestion that the inside edges of the BB cutout "M" should be yellow). Since his '75 was the model for this I would have thought they'd use them if they could. So maybe they didn't have them. I wasn't planning to a restoration originally, just get a nice paint job.
Ah, about 21 3/4in, I believe, which makes it one click shorter than all my other bikes (and the same size as Joe's '75).
Red toner IS expensive.
I do not think SSInk is making the Masi America seat bands. I have not seen others repro them either. The World Championship bands are interesting, during the Carlsbad period, the "rectangle" went to the left and the joint for the transfer was behind the seat tube. Later in the San Marcos period, they changed it to place the rectangle forward as your frame has, joint at the back. Interestingly the Masi America rectangle faced forward on both types of those transfers.
Probably a Masi measure 56 cm then.