Another Benotto ID Help Request -
 

Hey can anyone help me with the ID on this one? I purchased this roughly 8 months ago and I'm curious of its origin.

Like the guy w/ the chrome Benotto, the headbadge states Fabricca Torino and the bottom bracket does not have the heart-shaped stamp. I've linked to several pics for reference. The dropouts and fork crown are stampled with the name BENOTTO. The bottom bracket appears to have a stamp - B30? ..or something similar. I love the idea of have a sweet vintage ride, but I think this might be entry level. As you can see pretty much all of the original components have been replaced. Thoughts??

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w..._seat_tube.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...ar_dropout.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...benotto_bb.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...r/000_0130.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...r/000_0129.jpg

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Anyone?

East Hill

Check out this Bulgier scan. Not quite your vintage, but it should give you some ideas. Seems more midlevel thn entry to me. The brakebridge is too nice for a cheap bike. I like it!
http://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/benotto2/

Hrm, there was a guy in my neighbourhood selling one of these and he identified it as a 1600, maybe that will help? The champagne colour that Benotto did is really fantastic, I posted this pic of a Benotto similar to yours in a thread about new components on an old bike:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...z/dscn0001.jpg