Chrome panels on Paramount seat tubes !
I've wondered about that many times myself .
This is a hand-made , fillet-brazed , 15-speed . The serial number is J2077 , stamped into the left rear drop-out , Paramount style . The front fork is all-chrome ( with a very interesting high-quality fork crown ) . The rear stays have short sections of chrome , extending only three inches beyond the drop-outs . The drop-outs , front and rear are Huret forged .
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Mine is "Violet" , which happens to be a "flamboyant" or "radiant" color .
Chrome panels on a Paramount would look fine indeed !
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
> MSM:
>
> Schwinn catalogs for the period illustrate the P12, standard Paramount,
with
> 6 inches of chrome on the fork blades, seat and chain stays. The P13,
deluxe
> Paramount, is shown with chrome head lugs and fork crown in addition to 6
> inches on blades and stays. A full chrome frame is offered as an option.
Obviously,
> a great deal of flexibility was available. It is quite conceivable that a
> buyer could have ordered only chrome flats as Les Himel has already
verified. How
> about a Paramount with a chrome seat tube panel? I've never seen one, but
it
> was possible.
>
> Bill Curtis
> Costa Mesa, CA