Originally Posted by
CV-6
That should be four per Jim Cunningham of CyclArt who was "working with Mario" when they were ordered and did the paint schemes. Cunningham's words below from CR archives:
"I added the small stripes on the headtube and seattube. I also suggested different decal colors to identify the intended purpose of the frame geometry. There were two normal road frames with yellow decals, one for climbing stages with blue decals and one for time trial with gold and black."
One of these appeared at Auburn. The card claimed original finish. You can draw your own conclusions.
Pic below is of frames as painted by CyclArt.
it was the original "confente" finish...
I agree with you, what was shown at the Auburn event was a respray, restoration, whatever but not original.
And those dimestore foil paper stars...
brought back memories of first grade and teacher's comments on graded class work.
too bad LeJeune had moved away from the sans serif white block lettering by this point.