Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
If the bike is a respray (and the lack of any decals is consistent with this), those braze-ons could have been added before the respray. The "Sport" type dropouts and lug style suggest a much earlier build date for the frame itself.
I feel pretty confident that the bike has been repainted.
As you and others state, any braze-ons are suspect.
I think that is no problem.
The geometry looks correct fork and frame, the treatment of the stay ends vs the fork is handled differently, true.
For $300. Or there a outs for what I see, if I was in Italy, I would buy it.
I like the look of the lugs very much.
Probably had a head badge, good luck figuring that out, the lug and fork crown do not bring any makes to mind.
The frame fittings do suggest a frame of a decent standard, I would not be worried about the frame tubes.
Only curiosity would be that I see the hint of something along the underside of the top tube 3 -4 cm behind the head tube.
Not a dent, but possibly an abandonded cable exit.
Only one image holds the bike back. Too much cost to bring it over to the USA.
The milled chainring with the P in the pantographing is interesting, pretty early for that with 151 BCD bolt pattern... Could always be done later.
Be nice to know if the rear dérailleur is a Gran Sport or Record, but no big issue. Skewers are later, Shimano probably. No comment on the hubs. If they were Gran Sport that really would throw a wrench into the guesses, but the value looks there.