Campagnolo Rally Rear derailleur

Just to add to the Rally chronology, there was also a limited number of second gen 3550 mech's released in '84 with Nuovo Record front plates.
I have a NOS one and assumed it was a 'bitsa' or maybe an off-the-books jobbie assembled from random parts by Campag employees (as was sometimes the case, apparently) but then I found one in a Japanese Campag catalogue. Seems they'd run short of Rally plates at the time so used the NR ones.
There's a few references to this version in the comments section here: http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx? ... 32b5ed3114
Campag manufacturing has instances like this throughout the 70s it would seem . Like the use of ally top bolts in lieu of titanium on SR mechs .
(I realise I'm preaching to the choir)
Making it work with what you've got is an Italian talent I think .
 
For sure. It’s one of the things I love about vintage Campag.
Some of the most obscure anomalies make life difficult for the collector though - no one I mentioned the ‘Nuovo Record’ Rally to believed it was a production part.
 
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Do you know if the "Super Rally" was an actual Campag creation or just people putting a Rally cage on a Super Record ?
Keeping up with the Jones is exhausting .
 
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