I finished my early sixties Macario (dated by Macario). It was earlier than the components that I got it with. The original plan was to build it up with 10 speed Campy but plans change. Its a bit of a mash up of parts mainly from the early to mid 80's.

As bought. This picture doesnt really show the globbed on brush painted mess the paint actually was.



this sort of shows it



Stripping some of that paint off showed what I had.



I had the first ride last night, still needs a little tweaking, the saddle is a little high as pictured here but other than that rides beautifully



Thanks to Drillium Dude for the heads up on those Campy pedals it came with, they paid for the whole build and a nice meal out with my wife.

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Congratulations, very beautiful, a fine job!

In case you are interested, replica replacement transfers are available for the cycle's 3TTT Gran Prix stem. Member Bikerider007 got a set for his Legnano project.

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...e-legnano.html

Readers may like to see the two earlier threads on the bike as well.

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...ease-help.html

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...fessional.html

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That's an amazing transformation Very well done. You should post this in the before & thread as well.

That's what I call bringing a bike back to life. Congratulations on a really nice restoration. I love the colour!

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Chanced upon a site today offering Macario transfers -

Macario decals - Reciclone

[posting for posterity in case we get another Macario owner down the road...]

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