Originally Posted by
dbakl
Apparently there were differences in the frames as they evolved over time, which does help date them to a period. Mine was dated to the 50s. I was told they started over every year with the serial numbers, which makes them useless for dating. Mine is I912 for what its worth. Like the one on ebay it also has no headbadge, or holes for one. Jeff Groman seems to be the expert in such matters.
The serial numbers are somewhat confusing, but Tam Phan (Terminaut) has made some sense of the early Paramount serial numbers in his registry
HERE (s/n A854 is listed on page 2 as "1939+", and the s/n of mine is A853).
Originally Posted by
dbakl
I find it interesting that the Waterford paint job (though beautiful) on Scooper's is much fancier (even given the modern materials) than the originals.
I dunno. Here's the Paramount in Schwinn's 1940 consumer catalog. The paint scheme is very similar to the scheme Waterford applied to mine.
