Bottecchia for 75$?
 

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/mss/bik/807615517.html

what do you guys think, is this the one?

Looks good for the price.

I like mine (purchased new in 1991):

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a39...dlebars006.jpg

From the pic it doesn't appear to be anything special but it's probably worth at least that.

all the components were italian, dolamiti rims, ballili breaks or something, deluxe champion version or something... this guy was very unclear with his description and i dont think he knows anything about the bike. but he's 5'8 and he can touch the ground with his toes when hes on the seat.

I just posted on your other thread. This Bottechia - though pretty - is way, way, way too big for you.

judging by what little I can make out (the crank, the stem) I think this is one of the lower-grade Bottechias, if so not one to get in a lather over, but probably worth $75...might make a fine single-speed, it that's your cuppa.

That is a late 60's to early 70's Bottecchia De Luxe, their entry level road model for the US. Frame is high-tensile steel with stamped lugs. Fork is fully chromed but only the crown is exposed. You can strip the paint and it is polished underneath. Components varied but a typical example might have a steel three arm cottered crankset, Ballila center-pull brakes, high flange Gnutti hubs with wing nuts, Dolomiti chrome plated steel rims, and Simplex Prestige front and rear derailleurs. $75 is a fair price. It might go for twice that on eBay in nice shape.