This question, or information quest, may be out of the date-range for the CR list, but the spirit of it, I hope, falls within its parameters.
A friend of mine recently picked up a NOS, never-been built, Paramount anniversary frame and fork, black with gold plated front fork, no headset or bb. He would like to know, if these frames and forks were purely meant as wall-hangers, were there specific components or grouppo that went with the frame and fork, and was there a specific number of these made? Also whether what I have heard about or seen written (it all becomes foggy in this guy's brain) that the gold plating was terribly thin and was all-too-easily removed by cleaning or polishing.
Thank you.
Cheers.
Tom
Tom Hayes
18585 Munn Road
Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023
hayesbikes@nls.net
hayes@jcu.edu