Re: [CR]Paramount on Ebay

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 11:03:49 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Larry Osborn" <losborn2@wvu.edu>
Subject: Re: [CR]Paramount on Ebay
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At 08:41 PM 1/3/02 -0500, you wrote:
>: [CR]Paramount on Ebay
>
>
>> I don't know if others of you have seen this Paramount on Ebay; he lists
>it
>> as nervex lugs. Those aren't nervex lugs, are they? And the year he
>> states the bike is, would fit with when Paramount switched to Prugnant
>> lugs? I wrote to him suggesting that he might be wrong, and he responded
>> that he will stand by what Richard Schwinn told him.
>>
>
>
>The lugs may be Nervex, but they are not Nervex Pros. The decals look wrong
>for a 1970 bike. Did Paramounts have that block style lettering that early?
>
>David Goerndt
>Orlando (waitin' for the freeze) FL
>

Have to agree with David here. 73? 74? Not exactly sure when the decals changed to this style. And other possible inconsistencies: that really doesn't look like a Campy crank from here. HF front hub, LF rear? Bid cautiously.

Larry "all answers questioned" Osborn Day dreaming about snow/salt-free pavement in Morganhole WV