Don't recognize the head-tube lugs, but the striping/lining on the top tube is in the Paramount style. I had an early '60s example with this same lining.
Regards,
Marc St. Martin Livermore, CA USA
-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Hayes <hayesbikes@gmail.com>
>Sent: Apr 4, 2009 5:14 AM
>To: Classic Rendevous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR] bike identification on Ebay
>
>Anyone know what the following bike is that is posted on Ebay:
>
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
>The seller refers to it as a Frankenbike (wasn't that the name for Franklin
>mountain bikes also?), and in the auction shown, that's a fairly apt name
>for it with all those scars and chips. The person also makes allusions to
>it as a Schwinn of some sort, including the possibility of it being a
>1930's--at least an early version--of the Paramount track. It appears to
>have the Schwinn yellow color, but it is difficult to tell much because the
>photos are not terribly good (which, for me, however, builds confidence to
>find photos worse than mine.)
>
>Cheers.
>
>Tom Hayes
>Chagrin Falls, Ohio USA