Merckx serial number help please

[mr_ship]

My first retro road bike . Picked up a Merckx last week, has had a repaint and has Corsa Extra decals on. Anybody tell what model it is, year, etc from the BB serial number?
Have contacted Merck bikes but no reply as yet.

Cheers

 

[Johnsqual]

Re:

Hello,

Nice place to start with classic road bikes

This is a handy site for interpreting the serial nos:

http://www.cadre.org/Merckx/

The P on the left of your frame is probably the model - a Professional.
The G above the numbers is the year - 1998.
The numbers probably refer to the production run number.

Hope that helps (and that it matches up a bit with the frame!)

Johnny

 

[EMpatology]

Never, under any circumstances, use cadre.org... Because then you will get an answer in which there is not even a bit of truth: P is not a model mark (none, especially Professional), it is a symbol used by Eddy Merckx Cycle employee (like all A,B,F,G etc), G series was produced in 1996-1998 (your copy comes from mid-1997) - at that time there were no more model markings (except XB, which meant Corsa Extra SLX (New) century geo). Your frame is the most likely Corsa Extra road racing geo (you haven't shown much in this picture).

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