Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
I've seen a lot of fork crown lugs in my day, and I even seen that particular style, but I don't recall ever seeing one with a space between the lug and the actual fork like that one has, all the ones I seen fit tight and brazed to perfection.
I've seen them like that when it's not actually the crown overhanging, but a chrome overlay that fits on the crown. Schwinn did that on the Suburban iirc. Maybe this is same. Hope so.
But yeah, interesting mix of highend and low end elements on same frame. I see that a lot in this era -- maybe this time is when the major Japanese companies were just learning how to break into the semi-pro and pro markets.
Edit: Yes, here is a decorative Schwinn Suburban crown cap:
