Recent content by '48 Hawthorne

SOLD! :bigsmile:

Looks like the ball is rolling on this :)

Any shipping north of the border?

After visiting the Toronto Zoo for our first anniversary, we made a stop over at my wife's grandparents' house. I never knew my wife's granddad but I got his old bike. It has been sitting in a basement for decades. It's a 1959 3-speed Raleigh Robin Hood Sports. I'll get more pics, this thing is...

Sears up here equals chickity-china junk! :lol:

"open to a local trade though of the CCMS for oh, I don't know, maybe a Monark Springer, an old Schwinn frame or maybe a skiptooth wheel set? " :lol: :lol: :lol: :D

Picked up this prewar Snyder built Hawthorne frame, truss fork and Columbia tank from forum member zedsn. It's about a '39-40 I think. Nice and straight with the perfect amount of age spots, lol. I think this may be a Build Off canvas. For now, I am just going to clean up the paint and hide it...

Here's my '40 Hawthorne I pillaged for parts. It gives an idea as to what you can add to that beauty! Horn tanks are pretty easy to come by for these bikes as well. RRB member npence had a couple.

Going by the sprocket it looks like a Western Flyer. I like the built in dropstand tabs on the dropouts.

Hilarious stuff. Just to clarify, the dude on the scooter was one of my groomsmen, lol.

This was before the ceremony, with a 'roadie' in hand. The scooter is an early 90s Kent. I rode in on the bike and my wife rode on the scooter when we were announced in after pics. We entered to 'Thunderstruck' through the back sliding door of the barn while everyone was looking at the front of...

I dedicate this pic to my father-in-law who suddenly passed last week. Not even two weeks after our wedding :cry:

Here is a pic of me on my trusty '48 Hawthorne from my wedding.

This is one of my favourite bikes in the stable to ride. Despite its rough exterior, it has lots of life in it and rides like butter. The horn tank never had batteries put in it and the whole tank was super clean on the inside. It also rocks the loudest horn tank as well!

Thanks, I took the pics at an old quarry that they turned into a park. There are some sweet trails and the boardwalk goes over a swamp, where the pic was taken.