help with year of this hawthorne 1930's??

[oddrodal]

Picked this up on a trade but not Shure of the year . serial numbers look like a badly stamped D12991 or J but there is no J on the chart.

 

[user 135]

Easiest to copy the direct link then click the button that looks like this and copy the URL into the prompt.

 

[oddrodal]

Thanks cman! got it figured out

 

[Rustinkerer]

It's a Snyder built bike, and I think that badge was only used in 1935. The 34's (earliest shown in the Elgin/JC Higgins/Hawthorne book) have a different badge. I can't make it out clearly, but if memory serves, there's a statue of a woman on the older badges. -Adam

 

[oddrodal]

Thanks Adam for the info. it was a big help! so far the only bike I found online that looked like it was a Hawthorne Flyer and it was about the same year and had the same type stem , could this bike have came with a hanging tank? in another photo of a Hawthorn with the same chain ring it was dated to around 1935 so i think you nailed it on the year. Thanks again!!

 

[The Black Monark]

 

[oddrodal]

Your the man Thanks for that add photo, now i know what parts to look for. thought the 26'' wheels were correct since it had spacers in the fenders. Thanks.. Thanks .. Thanks