Originally Posted by
PDXaero
The top lug has been torched, it looks like one of the stays got re-saudered
Exactly my thoughts - if that stay had to be re-brazed, then the finish would be ruined one way or another - adding stops wouldn't make it any better or worse so (though it would modify its stock appearance).
Originally Posted by
Otis
Don't blame the fixters for the hanger. That was a very common "fix" in the day to mount a Campy derailleur with a hook.
Indeed, though would it be reasonable to assume that the top tube incident and the derailer hanger both occurred at the same time?
-Kurt