I dunno, Don. Had they switched to cloth tape in '74? My '72 has Schwinn-Approved plastic HB tape in Campus Green, probably made by Hunt-Wilde. I know that, at one point, Schwinn sold S-A cloth tape, but I think it was all Japanese (CatEye?), not French.
Also, the chrome Union spokes came in S-A boxes, though the ones used at the factory were probably bought in bulk. If they never get labeled Schwinn-Approved, are they anyway?
Didn't 1974 Paramounts come with reflectors? How about the S-A toeclips? Straps? And don't forget the S-A centerpulls (Weinmann).
--Steve Barner, riding a Raleigh home today to Bolton, Vermont
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:50:09 -0700 (PDT)
\r?\n> From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]What Parts are Relabeled on a Paramount ?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I'll go out on a limb and claim here that the only relabeled parts on
\r?\n> any 1974 schwinn paramounts were :
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\r?\n> - "GT-300 LeTour" derailleur (Shimano Crane)
\r?\n> - "Schwinn Approved" thumb shifters (Suntour barcons)
\r?\n> - "Schwinn LeTour" 27" tires (Panasonic / Panaracer today)
\r?\n> - "Schwinn Bicycle Tube" 27x1 ( ? )
\r?\n>
\r?\n> This is from my 1974 untouched (except tires) P-15 - I am the second
\r?\n> owner, in 1980.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> - Don Gillies
\r?\n> San Diego, CA