Originally Posted by
63rickert
Two years from frame manufacture to assembly sounds normal to me. On old old bikes you will find all sorts of anachronisms. Stuff used to sit in inventory for years and years.
To my eyes the Nuovo derailleur looks much too new. I look at the bike and see 50s even though I know it is more likely 60s. I would build this with Gran Sport mechs. But could Nuovo be used? Sure. Could Nuovo be correct? Yes.
Yes--Gran Sports would be better.
And you can imagine someone in the early '70s doing the rebuild, and grabbing the Phil hubs and Nuovo Record as the best of the cool new stuff--and not being able to afford the Campy brakes for his rebuild...