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Just picked up this cute little Benotto with 24" tubular wheels.
Not the most beautiful Benotto ever, but as the previous owner of several 3000's, I couldn't resist this one.
It's going to be either for one of my kids (age 6 and 8), or I'm going to offer it to someone else who has some road race ambitions.

Heavy steel lugless welded frame, 46cm seat tube c-t and 46cm top tube c-t.
Looks like early 1980's because of the colour and decals, shifter cable guide below BB-shell (just one for rear, single CR in the front), brazed on shifter boss on down tube, SR crank with marking "80".
SunTour dropouts (rear GT)
SR Silstar cranks, 152mm, 46T chain ring,
5 speed multiple freewheel,
SunTour Volante rear mech,
36H Suzue hubs,
Benotto labeled sprint rims 24",
Vittoria Junior 24" tubulars (not original),
alu drop bars 32cm (!) c-c with 14cm drop,
alu quill stem 6cm with Benotto marking,
MKS cage pedals with very small Christophe size D (?) toeclips,
Shmn 105 Dual Pivot brakes with
SunTour Olé aero levers (both not original).

Must do:

• clean and grease up
  
• remove rust
  
• true and tension wheels/spokes
  
• glue saddle cover
  
• other brake levers, short reach
  
• other brakes (optional, silver looks much better)
  
• blue cables
  
• bar tape (Benotto blue?)
  
• chain and MF (optional)
  
• heat set (optional)
  
• pedals (optional)
  
• new saddle, Concor junior (optional)
  
• indexed shifting or SS (optional)
  
• rear tubular colour tan/black, glue both tubulars
  
  

Hmmmmm, in the end it will cost more than I want...

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