The dropouts appear to be a different shape from the 1010 dropouts one would expect on this bike. It's interesting that there are no closeups of important spots on the frame, like the left droput f'rinstance. It's loaded with anachronistic details, but if it's a modified 73 so much chroming would have been needed. The idea of this being a fake Paramount, though, seems almost as absurd as the idea that it's a REAL one from 1973 - and doesn't the given serial number indicate the 611th (!!!) frame built in November 1973?
I'm gonna go ride my gen-u-wine 76 and fuggedaboudit!
David Bean
Arlington, MA USA
beandk at are-see-enn dot com