Molteni Merckx Restoration Wednesday November 02/2011

I managed to locate the elusive headset. I gave my friend Pete from Cyclepath a call and he happened to have an old Campagnolo Headset from what he figures was off his old Colnago.  The only problem was that it was missing the bottom cup and the lock washer. This is the solution we came up with. I bought a new unbranded headset from him, which looks somewhat like a Record version. I used the bottom cup, race and bearings from that and mated it with the top cup, bearing, screwed race, new lock washer and lock nut. The overall effect is pretty good actually. I am looking for a bottom cup, but even if I don’t find one this scenario is pretty good.
 

The other cool thing that happened today is that Pete set me up with a local contact who has lots of vintage Campagnolo parts. I am going to go visit him tomorrow and see if he has some toe clips, and vintage cable housing. I know he has a Nuovo Record headset for sure, so I need to decide what route I am going to take.