Schwinn Paramount frame # questions, and info request!

[KeatingWheelCo]

Helloooooo- researching a few Schwinn Paramounts resently picked up and not finding the answers: Questions-frame # PT 79 and PT 31 what year(s)? Can't find any listing for the PT? And frame #526--Thanks, more pictures to follow, BPK!!

 

[kccomet]

pt ?

 

[KeatingWheelCo]

Yes, PT 31, and PT 79, on the bottom bracket...

 

[Trainman999]

The PT seems to stand for tourist frames in the early post war years. Best guess on the year of your two would be 1947, could be 46 of 48 too, there is little documtation other than the bikes themselves. Frame 526, 1951 to 1954. Would love to see more picts of them.

 

[SirMike1983]

That's one hell of a trove. The black one in particular is a gem. Nice collection.

 

[KeatingWheelCo]

Thanks SirMike 1983 !! That black Sport Touring is close to new, original tires and possibly never ridden!!
Trainman999 -thanks for your information, appreciated.. Private message a cell# and I can send you a ton of pic's if u like, as pictures on my phone at the moment!!

 

[fattyre]

Wow! Stunning bikes.

I’m just gonna blunt here-

Please don’t clamp beautiful original paint bikes in the work stand by the frame! Nothing like a great paint job except where dirty jaws have scuffed the finish…

Also, look into Waterford Bikes in Wisconsin.

 

[cyclingday]

Fabulous collection!
PT is an early postwar mark.
Most likely “Paramount Tourist” but that is just a guess.
They were all still being made at Wastyn Cycles then, so they had a number system that was separate from what Schwinn was using over at AS&Co.

The tourist frames can be easily identified by the brazed on fender brace tabs on the frame and fork.

 

[KeatingWheelCo]

Thanks Folks-appreciate the info!!

 

[GTs58]

Does this one have the PT serial number? No brazed on tabs for mounting fenders and I can't tell if the stay bridges have been drilled on this one. From what I've seen on the prewar Superior racers, the bridges were pre-drilled with a very small pilot hole that could be used for later factory drilling if those parts were going to be used on a frame equipped with fenders. Does this one have drilled out bridges for mounting fenders?