Great observation/information, Ed. I humbly bow before the master!
Steve Whitting
Prairieville, Louisiana USA
Website at http://ciocc-cat.angelfire.com/
From: edvintage63@aol.com <edvintage63@aol.com> Subject: [CR] Paramount History (Ed Granger) To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 8:48 PM
The 1963 Schwinn catalog shows the Paramount with a steel, cottered crank:
http://waterfordbikes.com/
Yes, I believe that's a P-12. Note that this appears to be the same pic, with the bike identified as a P-12:
http://www.velobration.com/
Ed Granger
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA