Originally Posted by
wolfhardt
Serial #8758 on lower part of head tube. Would 1974 be a good guess considering 1st generation Dura Ace Group Set as original equipment.
Thanks for posting these Wolfhardt. I'd say '73 or early '74. I know that #8863 was delivered on July 10th, 1974.
I'd love to see more when you've built it up.
Thanks for the reply Non-fixie,
I had salvaged this baby from the scrapper. I still cannot believe someone would do this to a frame. I had to remove the stem and headset which were Campagnolo. The front deraileur was seized and had to be bent off because it was TOTALLY frozen on with rust. The BB was the biggest challenge of all to remove. It took me 2 weeks of soaking in penetrating fluid and then I still needed to do precision grinding to remove it. To bad it was also Campagnolo.
The crank was still on it. I managed to save it. It is a Sugino 171 with 52-49 drilled rings. I thought that was kinda weird configuration.
It is a 531 Reynolds frame with Campagnolo dropouts. The lugs are the smooth rounded out ones (Bocama perhaps?)
I am going to have it gently sandblasted and then powder coated.
I want to have some RIH decals put back on but have no idea where to procure them in Canada.
Because I know I cannot do a correct restoration , I plan on doing a modern Campagnolo 10 speed Record build that is worthy of such a iconic frame.
I already have another RIH that I have partially restored that has a very similar paint scheme but I had originally figured as a 1984 model.
Now I really am not sure because of the serial number and lugs.