Unusual first gen Campag Rally derailleur

[ferrus]

A 1st gen' Rally (without 'neck' reinforcement) - but also lacking the prominent 'CAMPAGNOLO' embossing on the rear knuckle.. I've never seen this before. Possibly a very early-production release?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1974-Campagnol ... SwHt9eVE6o

 

[vcballbat]

I've got both versions of the 1st generation Rally... with and without the strengthening web and both embossed Campagnolo. Found this letter in the box...may shed some light on things..

 

[Nob]

Very Nice indeed ^

 

[ferrus]

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Great info' there vcballbat, many thank's for that! Every day's a school day

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

Oh the fun of being a Campag mech collector!