This never unwrapped Italian 1972 Masi Gran Criterium was begging to be exposed to air and sunshine, so here it is- I documented its unwrapping. Click on the thumbnail to see the larger picture:
Original Italian crepe paper |
Martano rims |
Pirelli tires |
Caimi/Everest freewheel |
A wood block keeps the fork blades apart |
Yellow accent paint |
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Oh, what's this white cloth thing sticking out? We'll find out later |
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Luscious and rare Fischer faux twin plate crown |
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A couple of scratches from where the factory wrapped the quill of the stem against the headtube. I can live with it. |
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Water bottle still in cellophane wrapping |
I was dying to see the seatlug |
Yup, looks virgin to me! |
It obviously some Italian dude's job to wrap every GC that came off "the line". I think he took pride in his work |
A step back to see the forest |
My little studio |
There's the pedals tucked into the "V" made by the seattube and the downtube |
Pretty tidy how they nest the pedals in there |
This is the white cloth thing |
The TA water bottle cage still has its tag. |
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The vinyl wrap on the cable housing got cut by the seat lug. Again, I can live with that! |
Nice |
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"Long reach" brake levers with the world logo hoods |
40 cm wide Cinelli bars... it's like a dream come true |
Correction, it is a dream come true |
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Yes |
Yellow on the cable end. Those damn Italians don't miss a thing! |
Gulp |
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Masi Silca pump- nice touch |