Re: [CR]Ebay Outing : Amazing 1952 Schwinn Paramount

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From: "Robert Clair" <r.clair@cox.net>
To: <haxixe@gmail.com>, <emeneff@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Outing : Amazing 1952 Schwinn Paramount
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:05:24 -0500
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

... what do we know. i wish there were better pixs, but those front fork ends are definitely period proper.

robert clair
alexandria, va 22308
usa


----- Original Message -----
From: Kurt Sperry
To: emeneff@earthlink.net
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay Outing : Amazing 1952 Schwinn Paramount



> That new fangled derailleur looks suspiciously like a delrin Simplex
> to me, though it's hard to tell really in those tiny photos. The
> Racer brakes are obviously period incorrect too, so it looks like some
> parts have been swapped. The crankset at least looks like it could be
> original Paramount, though I can't recall ever seeing a Paramount
> crank with double rings.
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham, Washington
> USA
>
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:30 PM, <emeneff@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I think this is something special - probably the FIRST Schwinn Paramount
>> factory equipped with one of those
>> new-fangled derailleurs (!)
>>
>> Wow . . . and the original owner, no less.
>>
>> Ebay Item number: 110259655102
>>
>> Ends 6-12 P.M.
>>
>> Anyone know who the owner is ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike Fabian
>> San Fran, USA