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@mrJL
You're right dmc, it is my biggest concern. I bought the frame to replace a chromor pinarello I got off saarf. I've been after an SLX frame for years, so if I've actually been sold a chromor frame it's useless to me.
Here's what I've figured out so far:
Frame number indicates its a 1986/87 59cm Corsa
The brake bridge indicates it's either a corsa or strada
Fork probably isn't a corsa fork (they had flat crowns) - possibly strada fork
There's no spiralling in the seat tube from what I can see by shining a torch down from the seat post end. Haven't got BB tools to check from the bottom.
There's no spiralling on the steerer tube of the fork, which would indicate it's a strada rather than a corsa extra fork (corsa and corsa extras had spiralling according to the columbus tubing chart knocking around).
So, has anyone ever successfully got a frame number confirmed from the merckx factory? I've emailed them but nothing back so far.