Identifying a 1980s Italian Frame
I'm considering purchasing a frame and am trying to figure out what company made it and whether it is good quality (it was repainted and all decals were removed). Here's what I know:
I purchased a Pinarello Treviso in 1987. This frame had a campy gran sport component group except that it had a nouvo record rear derailler. The frame I bought had short point lugs with a "T" cutout on the lugs. I tell you all this because the frame I am looking at is similar to my Pinarello. And the gran sport components that come with the frame are the same as those on my Pinarello, so I assume this frame is from the same era.
The frame in question was purchased new in Italy. It is fully lugged, and its most distuishing characteristic are long point lugs with cross-shaped cut outs. The bike came with a campy gran sport groupo (the seller is including the seat post, bb, cranks and deraillers, all of which are gran sport.) The frame has campy drop outs and fork ends, a slotted bottom bracket and is 58 cm, center to center. I measured the head tube and it is also 58 cm (measurement taken from the middle of the seat tube to the middle of the head tube. The bottom bracket is Italian threaded, the seat post is 27.2 and it has a braze-on front deraileur.
What do you think?