Originally Posted by
merziac
So I am glad this thread has had some recent traction. Recently there was this posted on our favorite "are you looking for one of these thread". It got to my dismay no traction and was dismissed as overpriced more or less. That ended up being fine with me as I eventually struck a deal and it is now on it's way to me.
eBay / CraigsList finds - "Are you looking for one of these!?" Part II
Odd, rare, largely original, seems so. Obviously I couldn't imagine letting this get away, 1958 P-12 Paramount with sliding stem, S/N 913 and comes with this.
Both Richard Schwinn and Bob Freeman have agreed this is pretty cool as well as Charlie Kuhn at Kopp's and I couldn't agree more. It is the same age as me + a few months. It should be here within the week. It also happens to be my size.
Sorry for the huge pic's.
Wow wow wow wow!!! That is just so insanely cool. You just don't see a lot of road Paramounts from that time period. Can't wait to see more pictures when you get it. And it's brewster green.
It might be noted that the chain and seat stay ends are done similarly to the ones in the recent thread: