Re: [CR]rebuilt classics

(Example: Framebuilders:Jack Taylor)

Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:56:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Bob Hufford" <bhufford@mail.orion.org>
To: Mike Hagburg <mhagburg@sbholaw.com>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]rebuilt classics
In-Reply-To: <000001c0f8fd$bdb4a200$0500000a@MIKE>


On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Mike Hagburg wrote:
> Any insight on the identity of non-Schwinn Paramount
> builders?

Mike,

According to Richard Schwinn, Letsch Manufacturing of Racine, Wisconsin was contracted to build many of the Paramounts in the mid-1970s. They also built the early '80s Schwinn Superiors that used up the left-over Paramount pieces/parts abandoned in 1979 (Nervex lugs, tubing, etc.).

Bob Hufford
Springfield, MO
bhufford@mail.orion.org