I was trying to figure out what kind of Prugnat lugs Schwinn used on their paramounts. First Google search turned up the answer.
Here's a link to the Waterford website with pictures of both Nervex and Prugnat Type 62BIS lugs plus some history from the source.
http://www.waterfordbikes.com/
Chas. Colerich Oakland, CA USA
Jack Romans wrote:
> I have a '68 P-10 with non-chrome Prugnat lugs and it's original paint. It
> can be seen at - http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> Rich Robinson
> Chesapeake VA
>
> At Rich's link, Rich asked an interesting question, "...were any Prugnat
> headlugs chromed?" My all-chrome '71 P15 has chrome Prugnat but what about
> painted versions?
>
> Also, this now extended Prugnat timeframe of at least 1967 to 1971, makes
> me dubious of a reported rationale for Prugnat being shortage of Nervex Pro
> rather than Schwinn simply wanting to speed-up bike-boom production by using
> lugs that didn't require as much work...same reason they didn't use the
> Nervex BB-shell. I wonder if anyone can report when and if the Paramount ever
> used a Nervex shell?
>
> Jack Romans
> Sacramento, California