Yeah, but wheels are one thing that on a pro bike got changed out so often, on can give a pass on that but if you are going to ask the big price, then attending to that detail should be easy. If I was more inclined I would search out images of Eddy racing in 1974 and try to find visual equals to the milling on this bike. I did see one of the images of Eddy at I think the Worlds where his bike had something engraved into the top of the crown, so at least he is not promoting this as "The World's" bike. The geometry comment to me does not mean much as Merckx evidently was frequently searching for "better" geometry, no reason to expect that when Ugo started building that stopped, I could see Eddy asking Ugo to whip something up then it got tweaked based on request or feedback maybe a few times.

The primary image of the ebay auction showing a bike with white tape and the flickr shots showing blue tape... again it is the details that add or detract from the believability. Not scoring well yet. No BB underside shot? Lessons on how not to go about this.