Originally Posted by
Feldman
The upper-end Campanias like your find were upper end Fujis rebadged--Newest or Finest. McIver was the California distributor for those. Another good thing that McIver did was bring in the first (I think) light casing, synthetic-fabric Japanese high performance clincher tire a year or two ahead of Schwinn or Specialized. The first shop I worked at full time looked at Campania bikes and passed, but sold all the McIver tires they could get their hands on. This was in the early 70's, the bar for performance clincher tires was low and the Mitsuboshi-made McIvers just blew cotton-cord Michelins away.
Wow, thanks for posting this bit of history! @
uncle uncle noted the possible Fuji connection above, but it's nice to have confirmation.