Originally Posted by
stronglight
If that Fiamme yellow label decal is original on the rim it would be rather uncommon. During the 1960s-70s I'd only seen that on their lightest weight tubular (sew-up) racing rims. Similar red label rims were used on the more common and less costly basic training rims. But, on a 27" clincher rim? - yeah, that's odd... maybe not very valuable, but different.
Fiamme did make more yellow label clincher rims during the 1980s which had simple square labels, but those rims also had eyelets and were actually pretty nice and quite strong. The one in the photo is odd because it appears to be a lower tier 27" clincher, has no eyelets, and is drilled for Schrader valves rather than Presta (but, I suppose the latter could have been a consumer modification, or simply made for the US market). ..
That's the Fiamme model 71. They were quite common in my area and lots of riders used the 28" (622mm bead seat diameter) version on their training wheels. This avoided the cost or hassle of tubular flats on our poor roads and allowed us to interchange with our tubular race wheels without adjusting the brake pad height.