Originally Posted by
pushstart
Yes, they look exactly like those! Will post a photo when I'm finished with breakfast.
Edit here are the pics (I was cleaning up the brake entry/exit to make sure the corrosion was just surface-deep).
I just wanted to confirm, since everything else lined up with what I was thinking.
Your frame was made by
Olmo. They used to do the serial number format both with the size leading and trailing the frame number during this period, so if you look into Olmos, you'll see it stamped either way. Also, the internal cable routing is original. Going by the serial number (9846?) it might be a 1983 (or possibly even 1982) - the
Olmo registry has a 9862 as a 1983.
If the frame is in the US (or came from the US), it's highly likely that it was originally badged
Nishiki Cervino. Another company that sold Olmo contract made frames that looked very similar to this was Euro-Asia Imports, under their Eurospeciale brand, but I've never seen one of those with internal cable routing.
Here are some pics of Nishiki Cervinos:
60 9835:
Shifter mount w/o shifters (best view I could find):
This one is a 9844:
