Originally Posted by
Iowegian
CL find, supposedly built by Francisco Cuevas, can anyone tell? It's been raced and hence ridden hard but appears to be in pretty good shape. Very light and way too small for me but I couldn't pass it up. Zeus hubs, pedals and seat binder bolt, Cinelli bar and stem, low end Modolo brakes and Campy for the rest. You can't really see it in these photos but the dropouts have this nice open tubing treatment. The tubes are plugged but not completely filled and still concave, if that makes any sense.
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Everything you described points to it being a Cuevas. Mine has the concave brazing at the dropouts like you described, along with Campagnolo drop outs. Mine also has the same lugs, top eyes, and brake cable guides as yours does. The Zeus parts are also a clue- Cuevas was from Spain, so he liked to use Spanish components.
Two things to look for-
My fork has Cuevas pantographed into the crown, and the bottom bracket shell is an English threaded cast Cinelli one.