Originally Posted by
72Paramount
...Top end components and lugs / frame materials were commonly used across the board. There is no allegro paramount connection, sorry.
I agree. In fact it may be the other way around as I believe the lugset dictates the geometry and Paramounts were were made with Nervex lugs as early as 1952:
Paramount ? The Early Years
A quote from that page:
During the 50’s, Schwinn started feeling the influence of bike racer and engineer Frank Brilando. Beginning in 1952, a few of the Paramounts were built with the new Nervex lugs, Campagnolo dropouts and, of course, the new-style shifting system, the derailleur.
According to the early Paramount Registry at least one Paramount was built using Nervex head lugs as early as 1947:
Paramount Registry
On a related note I happened to be in the area of
Oscar Wastyn Cycles for the first time one afternoon last week and on the spur of the moment decided to stop in. I was immediately greeted by an older gentleman who introduced himself as... Oscar! I was a little at a loss for words but mentioned this was my first visit and that I had heard about the legendary Wastyn name, after which he spent at least a half an hour or more showing and telling me about all of the vintage bikes hanging on the walls (nobody else was in the store while I was there or I would have felt guilty wasting his time). In the end I shook his hand and said it was an honor to meet him. Next time I'll be a little more prepared and spend some money...
PS: He showed me most of the bikes seen on his Museum page:
MUSEUM