What a strange coincidence. I saw a 1939 Schwinn Paramount track bike yesterday that was all original except someone had used the hubs to make clincher wheels. I assume it orig. had wood tubular rims. It includes a copy of the orig bill of sale ($72) and a copy of the insurance policy the owner took out on it. I asked..........$3000. I didn't get the ser# but it was sold in 1940. The owner is not actively trying to sell it.
Keith Kessel Shreveport, La. USA
On Sun, January 18, 2009 2:46 pm, P J Rutledge wrote:
> See eBay item # 150320188264--1939 Schwinn Paramount, serial #A685. It
> was listed on eBay about a week ago, not as an auction, but as a
> "Buy-it-now" item. It ended today with "Buy-it-now" for $4000! Nice
> orange bike, although missing the nicer Paramount "telephone dial" hubs. It
> has a little more chrome than most '38/39 Paramounts--head tube and all
> lugs, fork tips, and track ends. Based on previous pictures that I have
> of this bike, hubs appear to small flange Schwinn Superior variety. This
> sale especially gets my interest because I used eBay's "Buy-it-now" to
> purchase an all-chrome '38 Paramount late this past November.
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> Pete Rutledge
> Woodbridge, VA, USA