Re: [CR]Was: Paint jobs, now: Jack Gabus' McLean....

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From: "Mike Schmidt" <mdschmidt@patmedia.net>
To: mdschmidt@patmedia.net, RDF1249@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, oroboyz@aol.com
Subject: Re: [CR]Was: Paint jobs, now: Jack Gabus' McLean....
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:27:37 -0400


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Mike Schmidt

New York, NY

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> That paint work looks good, Bob.
>
> But I noticed that the McLean pictured I think is re


> I had never seen that frame but I heard through the


> had acquired one...
>
> The key info is that the McLeans almost all used Cin


> stamped or cast, Cinelli plugs or direct-to-rear sea


> Cinelli fork crown. This frame has Haden lugs and cr


> seat stay top eyes, all consistent with an older Sil


>
>
> <<
>

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> If that down tube decal is under clear coat (hard to


> laminated McLean mylar "sticker" doesn't like to be


> no tragedy as many of us put both McLean and Silk Ho


> bikers back when McLean was still alive. He begrudgi


> with that as he realized we were doing that to promo


>
> See this frame for an example of the McLean decal on


>
>

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> Jack now needs a SilkHope headbadge "decal"!
>
> Dale Brown
> cycles de ORO, Inc.
> 1410 Mill Street
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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 he


> some
> discussion about the quality of the paint of a Param


> sold on
> ebay recently. Some people apparently thought it had


> That
> particular frame had very thick lugs, which was not


> 60s
> Paramounts (I have two myself) and in addition, it h


> buildup
>
> around the lugs. It was quite difficult to get it to


> some
> extra paint. Also, it was painted over a year ago an


> first
> paint
> jobs my new painter did. He painted Porsche's and VW


> He
> fussed over that frame quite a bit and his paint is


> have ever
> seen. That frame and every other one he has done loo


> close. He
> makes the edge between chrome and paint almost non-e


> can feel
> no texture to the paint at all. The person who bough


> thrilled
> with it, and everyone who saw it in the shop thought


> too. I
> could have sold it a dozen times in the shop but I w


> ebay
> would do. Very well was the answer to that question.


> and
> went far above my guess for it. The results speak fo


> If one
> could fault that paint at all it is that Schwinn nev


> that
> nice.
> I got quite a few positive comments on it during the


> of them
> asking if we could paint their frame too. Here are a


> wished
> that was a 60 or 58cm wow what a beauty" and this: "


> beautiful bike! Just a few questions--my '62 Paramou


> doesn't have
> the
> brake bridge drilled in the rear--did some have this


> Also does
> this bike have the original round cross-section fron


> is the
> rear spacing track spacing (if I knew what that was


> Thanks for
> taking the time for these questions--I think you'll


> sometime this
> week. Good luck with your auction! "
>
> Take a look at the three most recent paint jobs we h


> all for
> CR members:
>
> Peter Gilbert's Masi 3V:
>

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> Jack Gabus' McLean:
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> Jeff Groman's Curved tube Paramount:
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> seat lug
> his choice)
>
> I would stack these paint jobs up to those of anyone


>
> regards
>
> Bob Freeman
> Elliott Bay Bicycles
> 2116 Western Ave
> Seattle, WA 98121
> 206-441-8144
> Home of Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles
>
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