Old 04-28-13 | 07:11 PM
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KS_rider
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Bikes: 1983 Basso Gap Campy SR, 1984 Basso Gap Shimano 6700, 2009 Cervelo S1, 2009 Trek EX9, Zunow Z-1

Have you ever received a gift so huge you felt you could not take it?

I just received a vintage lovers pandora's box of parts + frame&fork. My quandary is I don't think my brother&sister-in-law really knew what they were giving me.

The box is full of early 1980's Shimano 600EX (6207 series), Dura-Ace EX and Campagolo parts. Among the many items of never been used, still in wrappers and still in the box:

(1) Shimano 600EX front chainwheel 52/42 with bottom bracket and bearings
(2) Shimano 600EX brake calipers and levers with immaculate gummed hoods, cables and ss housing
(3) Shimano 600EX 36H hubset with quick releases
(4) Shimano 600EX front derailleur
(5) Shimano 600EX rear deraileur
(6) Various shift levers including Shimano 600EX, Dura-Ace EX and Campagnolo to be used as either clamp-on or braze-on
(7) Dura-Ace EX seat pillar
(8) Cinelli Domino stem 110mm
(9) Shimano 600EX 6sp freewheels; two of them 13-14-15-16-17-18, another 13-15-17-20-24-28
(10) Suntour Perfect freewheel; 13-14-15-17-19-21, gold in color. Perfect condition
(11) Shimano 600EX pedals and clips. Perfect
(12) Two sets of Shimano 600EX headsets

I could keep going. Campy toe clips of various sizes. Campy Record front derailleur, NOS Shimano 600 uniglide chains, Ofmega pedals and many other small parts such as Modolo sintered brake pads from 1983. I mean noone would use them for ripping their rims apart but they are NOS and marked "World Champions 1983".

To top it off he had already given me a beautiful NOS blue Basso Gap frame last year. This year he gives me a metallic black 1984 Basso Gap frame. The dropouts all say Basso on them. Basso in gold lettering on the detail work. The remainder of the frame decals are still in an envelope waiting to be applied.

I have never seen a black Basso Gap. I have to think it is almost one of a kind. The chrome is perfect and only a few paint chips accrued over the last 30 years.

Sure, I could buy some rims and a vintage handlebar and build this bike but I am not sure I could ever ride it.

Frankly, I need an expert or two to help me price this out offline. I want to put the hard numbers to my in-law's and tell them that this could be a nice down payment on college tuition for their son.

I am guessing someone will say this needs to go over to the other vintage site for pricing, but I'm hoping to catch the eye of some vastly more educated long-time vintage experts who might avoid that forum and Basso frame owners to help me out with the parts and the frame set.

If someone responds I will post detailed pics. Maybe the best thing is to just mothball this stuff for another 10 years and sell it then to help with the college expenses.

I've already eyeballed some retail pricing on ebay for the components. The retail pricing quickly grows to a big number.
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