I spent the day on the road earlier this week collecting this early 60s Premier kit. It was owned by the drummer of a band called the Hi Lites who played the local dance halls in the 60s. I bought it off the sax player, the only surviving member, who was able to show me photos of the band in action all those years ago. And sure enough, the odd floor tom was there right from the beginning. My guess is the kit was the '52' outfit that had no FT and a FT was added. Being on the other side of the world the choice was probably between waiting half a lifetime for a BDP FT from England or going with whatever was available.
The snare is a 10 lug HiFi 14x5.5 wood model and the cymbals are the original Zyn hats and 18" crash ride trash. It did also come with a nice 50s 20" Zildjian ride with rivets. The kit is in great shape and I feel obliged to keep it together, mojo included. So it'll get a clean and polish, new heads (pre int) and maybe a bit of work on the tom mount to make it playable. The original BD reso will stay. I have the bottom 12" hoop and tension rods also.
The owner has promised to send photos of the band in action so I'll share them here.
More photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/41363633@N00/sets/72157635644477506/
