Originally Posted by
Road Fan
Is the fork that is paired with the Paco frame the correct fork? It seems to make some difficulties that are rather unusual. Rethreading it might work, and possibly a different fork should be found.
I don't know if that's the original fork; with a bike that old and rare I'd have no way to find out. But the fork is marked "Paco" and there's not a lot of those frames out there.
I just returned from a local bike shop. They ordered a Orange-Velo sealed bearing headset (which was my preference) and think all that's needed is about 10mm of spacer for the whole thing to work. We shall see!