I just came across this ad from June 1947, and I thought it was interesting, that they referred to what we’ve been calling, the “Team Colors” as “White with 6 Day Trim.”
I think I may have seen this ad earlier, but hadn’t noted the date. In any event, for those who are into the minutiae of Paramount info, I think the text of the ad gives us three new Paramount datapoints (new to me, anyway).
1) The text talks about the rear hub cones being threaded for ease of adjustment…the early versions of the Paramount rear hubs had floating cones, which Schwinn touts in its pre-war ad literature…I have examples of both versions, but did not have any indication as to when the change came, until now.
2) The text also references the pedals being ‘best grade imported pedals.’ The pre-war Paramounts used the Torrington 4-star or 5-star/Professional pedals, which would have been domestically produced….I have a couple examples of post-war Union racing/track pedals, which would have been imported….and I have seen numerous other post-war Paramounts with these Union pedals, so it would seem the switch to Union from Torrington came in 1947 as well. Of course, some bikes probably had Torringtons for awhile as there was likely remaining stock on hand.
3) Reference to the option for Opalescent paints (red, blue or green) in addition to opaque colors…don’t recall if any of the A-series Paramounts had the opalescent paint….maybe I’ll look back through my photo collection later this evening.
FWIW...