Show off your vintage Paramount
12-10-22, 06:48 PM
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Here's the latest version of the James T. Gillespie III 1983 Paramount Elite.
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12-10-22, 09:09 PM
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12-11-22, 06:48 AM
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06-05-23, 07:06 PM
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Time to revive this thread
There’s been a number of Paramounts that people have acquired recently. I remembered looking at this thread when I bought my first one back in November, but never got around to adding that one in.
this is a 24” ‘69 that had a crappy repaint (the color is good, but the coverage is really bad). I built it up with an early 70’s NR group.
It came with no seat or bars. So I put some on to “check it out”. I liked it a lot so more work was needed.
The Windsor photo bombing in this shot became the donor bike for the NR build.
this is a 24” ‘69 that had a crappy repaint (the color is good, but the coverage is really bad). I built it up with an early 70’s NR group.
It came with no seat or bars. So I put some on to “check it out”. I liked it a lot so more work was needed.
The Windsor photo bombing in this shot became the donor bike for the NR build.
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06-06-23, 12:46 AM
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Just in case we didn't get enough of this. 
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10-24-23, 10:33 AM
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Guess I never added mine after looking through this thread.
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11-25-23, 05:50 PM
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So it goes.
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Finally starting to feel and look like fall around here.
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11-25-23, 06:06 PM
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1974 p15 with a repaint. It came to me in very unoriginal condition and is now even moreso. It rides like a dream!
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11-25-23, 06:16 PM
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1991 Paramount OS (Waterford build)
1991 Paramount OS, hand built by Waterford.
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11-25-23, 09:25 PM
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1985 Waterford made.
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11-26-23, 11:52 AM
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This showed up at the door the other day, came in talked to my other Paramounts. It decided to let me be it's caretaker for the forseeable future so I made a spot and added it to the fleet.
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11-27-23, 06:52 PM
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11-27-23, 08:24 PM
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What lugs are those and when were they used?
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/waterf...57628461213645
Must be the very late 1950s. Looks like a new paint job, but many original components including the very nice crank.
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11-27-23, 09:49 PM
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Nervex Series Legere. Waterford restored a similar one, see here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/waterf...57628461213645
Must be the very late 1950s. Looks like a new paint job, but many original components including the very nice crank.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/waterf...57628461213645
Must be the very late 1950s. Looks like a new paint job, but many original components including the very nice crank.
This is 913 known to be 1958.
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11-28-23, 06:56 AM
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^^^ That is a very nice example of an early Paramount. The first I’ve seen of that color.
11-28-23, 12:44 PM
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I have another older Wastyn built one in a bit rough shape, same color, inch pitch, rear facing RDO's may have been a track but has a drilled rear brake bridge.
11-28-23, 04:56 PM
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A Google image search shows that there is a lot of variation in the colors called Brewster Green.
11-29-23, 09:01 AM
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I believe it is a 1974 P15. Rebuilt it with non Campy parts. Only Campy items left are the headset and clamp on cable guides.
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11-29-23, 11:06 AM
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