... perhaps someone can explain what i'm missing on this one.
... i just went over some photocopies of some 1938/1939 schwinn literature, and i didn't see any references to an option for chrome ... either in these papers, or on the bike. or "orange" for that matter.
" all steel parts heavily chromium plated and highly polished. dural parts highly polished. frames and forks multi-coated, finest enamels hand-rubbed. colors: ivory, rd, medium blue or black, hair line panel stripe"
... $75.00 big one back then and it's yours :)
... youth wants to know !
robert clair
alexandria, va 22308
> 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.
>
> Pete Rutledge
> Woodbridge, VA, USA