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^^ Nice view...what's the bike look like? ;)
I'll play, this is my '85 Pinarello Montello.
Bought it pretty cheap as it needed some love - didn't shift, bottom bracket loose, wonky wheels, but sorted all that out quick smart. Didn't know it was a Montello at the time, but some research indicated it was - no chainstay bridge and SLX tubes (rifling in the seat tube.) The TT cables guides are not typically Montello, but probably would have been bought as a frame only - http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/pinarello85/9d.jpg
Unfortunately a bad respray has removed any evidence of decals, and although I haven't got the paint stripper onto it yet, there doesn't appear to be any chrome on the rear triangle.
Came with a replacement aluminium fork and Tri-Loc headset, which I put up with for a while, but recently threw on a generic chromed steel fork and Campy headset. Then the day after I had that installed an original Pinarello fork turned up on ebay which I managed to pay far too much for, so that's waiting to get installed when I find some time.
Grand plan is to do a full restoration - strip and paint, new decals, Campy 8-speed jewellery...but it's a slow process and to be honest I'm enjoying riding it with the Tricolour/105 stuff on it at the moment. Also came with a panto'd Cinelli 1A stem.
It lives in Melbourne, Australia.