Originally Posted by repechage;22657377[b
]it was the original "confente" finish..[/b].
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.
Is it the original Confente finish? The frame in the Coors race is white. It may not be the same frame. I have seen an older photo of a frame finished as the Auburn frame is finished. But again, is it the same frame? Was the white Confente the climbing frame and perhaps the Auburn frame one of the road frames?
The foil stars are indeed not what one would expect. But I guess at the time all it was going to be is a tool and was treated as such. Did Boyer pay for the frames or the team? Economics may have dictated the stars be done "on a budget".