Lug Lining Officials:
On eBay (with 6 days to go) is item 150450481053, which is a 1972 Chrome Paramount P-15 at 24" and SN F2178, which makes it a June 1972 frame; it has no pin striping. I have the identical frame with SN K72335, which makes it an October 1972 frame; it has pin striping. So, guess that supports the theory that pin striping was optional until the pin striper retired near the end of 1972, per posts of yesterday.
Bill Kloos Eugene, Oregon ----------------- One of the original messages from yesterday:
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 08:22:04 -0400 From: edvintage63@aol.com Subject: [CR] Paramount lug lining (Ed Granger) To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Message-ID: <8CCCED3039AD8DF-1FE0-D263@Webmail-m104.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
The story that's long made the rounds is that Joe Brilando did the lug lining and pin striping, and that this was discontinued when he retired at the end of 1971. That jibes with most of the Paramount I've seen, but possibly Brilando retired later than that or someone else took over the lug lining duties, at least for special orders. IMO, the thing that makes the really early Chicago Paramounts special is the hand pinstriping, which is both aesthetically lovely and represents the nicest handwork Paramounts exhibited - and the reason why restored/repainted "Disneyland" era Paramounts just don't do it for me.
Ed Granger Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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