Originally Posted by allend

Tricky,
I agree looks like a sloppy 7 to me. From looking at a lot of these numbers 1 and 7 are often misread for each other. The 7 tends to have a bit of a curve, which this does. While the style of 1 is usually straight with a little deflection off to left at top.
The Italia was made in 1981 according to Kilgariff's catalog and perhaps you are right it carried on in 1982. Or... perhaps Dave's "prediction" graph is a tad off. The prediction is "circa" after all.
I have never seen a Claud Butler Italia. Would be really nice to see pics!
Doug