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07-03-07 | 09:24 AM

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BobHufford

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From: Springfield, MO

Bikes: '75 Schwinn Paramount P-10, '86 Ritchey Commando, '87 Schwinn Cimarron, '91 Trek 990, '87 Schwinn High Sierra, '73 Schwinn Super Sport, '4? Schwinn New World, '76 Swing Bike.

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Originally Posted by RLILLEGAARD

bike #1 Marked Schwinn Aluminum Paramount 754 Numbers On Bottom Of Crank Area K8020--a "blue Frame"... Bike #2 Marked Schwinn Prelude Numbers From Bottom Of Crank Area F7308

'K8' is an October of '88 build for an '89 model (the prior year was called Avion -- in the catalog only I think -- there was a lawsuit and it was then renamed Ontare):

http://www.trfindley.com/flschwinn_1...89_Ltwt_05.jpg

'F7' is a June of of '87 build (sorry, no catalog link).

Check the headbadges for a light, four digit stamping. This will be the assembly date code. The first three digits are the ordinal day of the year ('360' = the 360th day of the year), the last digit is the last digit of the year ('7' = 1987).

Bob

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