Kirkwon Joined Nov 25, 2014 Messages 5 Reaction score 6 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Dec 7, 2014 #1 My guess is around a 59 Hawthorne Swept - V with a bee hive front end. Bought this way with the antique headlamp. I just added the taxi horn. Could be a total frankenbike. Any insight is much appreciated.
My guess is around a 59 Hawthorne Swept - V with a bee hive front end. Bought this way with the antique headlamp. I just added the taxi horn. Could be a total frankenbike. Any insight is much appreciated.
Nightrider Joined Dec 31, 2011 Messages 342 Reaction score 81 Location Memphis TN Rating - 100% 5 0 1 Dec 10, 2014 #2 Looks like a Rat. Pre and post war parts. Cool bike!
Rustinkerer Joined Jul 31, 2008 Messages 3,998 Reaction score 456 Location Newton, North Carolina Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Dec 13, 2014 #3 59-early 60s on the frame/tank. -Adam
SSG Joined Oct 6, 2008 Messages 1,629 Reaction score 1,760 Location Eastern NC Rating - 100% 3 0 0 Dec 13, 2014 #4 It's a pretty good mix of different odds and ends. The fork is JC higgins, the crank and sprocket is from a huffy made within the last few years. The wheels might be from the same huffy donor bike. Looks good though, I'd ride it.
It's a pretty good mix of different odds and ends. The fork is JC higgins, the crank and sprocket is from a huffy made within the last few years. The wheels might be from the same huffy donor bike. Looks good though, I'd ride it.
Kirkwon Joined Nov 25, 2014 Messages 5 Reaction score 6 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Dec 13, 2014 #5 I found the same bee hive front end in my hawthorne catalog from the 49/50s
Flying Zombie ~:Undead Forever:~ Joined Oct 13, 2014 Messages 1,443 Reaction score 1,393 Location Wiscanson Rating - 100% 2 0 0 Dec 13, 2014 #6 This is a masterpiece.
O ozzmonaut Joined Feb 9, 2011 Messages 1,983 Reaction score 346 Location Mount Airy, NC (aka Mayberry) Rating - 100% 28 0 0 Dec 14, 2014 #7 Hey Kirkwon. Any chance you could post a close-up pic of that sprocket?