Dale, When Jack acquired the McLean, the serial number indicated a very late build date, not an earlier one. Mike Schmidt Stirling, NJ
> That paint work looks good, Bob.
>
> But I noticed that the McLean pictured I think is really a SilkHope!
> I had never seen that frame but I heard through the grapevine that Jack
> had acquired one...
>
> The key info is that the McLeans almost all used Cinelli lugs, either
> stamped or cast, Cinelli plugs or direct-to-rear seat stay tops and
> Cinelli fork crown. This frame has Haden lugs and crown and long taper
> seat stay top eyes, all consistent with an older Silk Hope.
>
>
> <<
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/
> pg&.src=ph >>
>
> If that down tube decal is under clear coat (hard to do BTW as that
> laminated McLean mylar "sticker" doesn't like to be clear coated) it is
> no tragedy as many of us put both McLean and Silk Hope stickers on our
> bikers back when McLean was still alive. He begrudgingly went along
> with that as he realized we were doing that to promote him & his work.
>
> See this frame for an example of the McLean decal on a Silk Hope...
>
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/
> pg&.src=ph
>
> Jack now needs a SilkHope headbadge "decal"!
>
> Dale Brown
> cycles de ORO, Inc.
> 1410 Mill Street
> Greensboro, NC 27408 USA
> 336-274-5959
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RDF1249@aol.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 2:01 PM
> Subject: [CR]1965 Paramount Track Paint Job
>
> Although I have not seen the posts myself, I have heard there was
> some
> discussion about the quality of the paint of a Paramount Track frame I
> sold on
> ebay recently. Some people apparently thought it had too much paint.
> That
> particular frame had very thick lugs, which was not uncommon with the
> 60s
> Paramounts (I have two myself) and in addition, it had some extra brass
> buildup
>
> around the lugs. It was quite difficult to get it to look good without
> some
> extra paint. Also, it was painted over a year ago and was one of the
> first
> paint
> jobs my new painter did. He painted Porsche's and VWs before this.
> He
> fussed over that frame quite a bit and his paint is as smooth as I
> have ever
> seen. That frame and every other one he has done looks terrific up
> close. He
> makes the edge between chrome and paint almost non-existent, and you
> can feel
> no texture to the paint at all. The person who bought that frame is
> thrilled
> with it, and everyone who saw it in the shop thought it looked great
> too. I
> could have sold it a dozen times in the shop but I wanted to see what
> ebay
> would do. Very well was the answer to that question. It got 27 bids
> and
> went far above my guess for it. The results speak for themselves.
> If one
> could fault that paint at all it is that Schwinn never made them look
> that
> nice.
> I got quite a few positive comments on it during the auction, five
> of them
> asking if we could paint their frame too. Here are a couple: "boy i
> wished
> that was a 60 or 58cm wow what a beauty" and this: "Hi. Gee, what a
> beautiful bike! Just a few questions--my '62 Paramount track bike
> doesn't have
> the
> brake bridge drilled in the rear--did some have this and some not?
> Also does
> this bike have the original round cross-section front forks? Lastly,
> is the
> rear spacing track spacing (if I knew what that was off-hand...)?
> Thanks for
> taking the time for these questions--I think you'll see my bid
> sometime this
> week. Good luck with your auction! "
>
> Take a look at the three most recent paint jobs we have done here,
> all for
> CR members:
>
> Peter Gilbert's Masi 3V:
> _http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rdf1249/album?.dir=a8b3scd_
> (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rdf1249/album?.dir=a8b3scd)
>
>
> Jack Gabus' McLean:
> _http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rdf1249/album?.dir=/1fa8scd_
> (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rdf1249/album?.dir=/1fa8scd)
>
>
> Jeff Groman's Curved tube Paramount:
> _http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rdf1249/album?.dir=/fde3scd_
> (http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rdf1249/album?.dir=/fde3scd) (chrome
> seat lug
> his choice)
>
> I would stack these paint jobs up to those of anyone anywhere.
>
> regards
>
> Bob Freeman
> Elliott Bay Bicycles
> 2116 Western Ave
> Seattle, WA 98121
> 206-441-8144
> Home of Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles