Originally Posted by
juvela
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The local to the magazine Coppi/Fiorelli agent at this time was the John (Jack) W. Murphy Co. on Shipley Street in San Francisco.
He was fluent in Italian and handled lines such as Frejus/Legnano as well.
Jack was a machine tool guy who lived in Vallejo and commuted in to the city to operate his distributorship.
Co. seemed to cease play in the early 1980's. Have never known a specific date.
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Sounds like he was in the right place at the right time with the right skill set for importing high end European bikes when the 70s bike boom started.
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