i bought a used track frame from a bike shop that was closing down. its a little small for me, but it had track dropouts and was dirt cheap. there is no stamping on the drops and the badge is missing. someone said possibly a older botteccia. has a campy bottom bracket. while stripping the paint off, i found something curious underneath. can anyone help with frame identification? much appricated.














lemmenoooo

looks like a nice fixer upper (whatever it is). how cheap is dirt cheap?

i know those colors.. ive seen them before... someday i'll remember sorry...

Anything on the underside of the BB shell? Nice score.

underside of BB shell, fork crown close up, and close up of seat cluster are the most useful pics for identifying.

i was gonna say...i have no clue, but it looks like (aside from aesthetic concerns) you have a nice score there. fixer-upper, indeed.

pretty unique headtube lugs and chainstays on that frame. someone will know what it is.

wraparound stays?

It's a Schwinn Paramount track frame from 1938-1941 hand built by Emil Wastyn in Chicago (at Wastyn's shop, not the Schwinn factory). 1941 was the last year of the balled-end seat stays that you have. After that they became flat like mine. Campy BB not original.






this is mine a few years later.


the only thing that puzzles me is the decal is from a late 1950's Paramount

but those had Nervex lugs.... weird. Yours is def earlier.

wow. GOOD ****IN' SCORE.

i'm jealous now. big "boo! hiss!" to you!

I would hug you for such a good score, but I'd probably stab you in the back in the process. AMAZING find man, rock that thing.

there's a 30s or 40s schwinn paramount restoration for sale in bike works for like $3,500. you got a good deal!