Hot Rod Hawthorne

[handyandy1100]

A stretch of lonely country 2-lane, what better place for a vintage motorcycle or hot rod. Wasn't too sure I would finish this one in time, but like any good hot rod build, it all came together at nearly the last minute.
This is my late 30's Snyder fastback sold as a Ward's Hawthorne. Good ol' Monkey Wards!

Some of the custom features are the PVC pipe "gas" tank, the PVC and aluminum shifter, home blacksmithed seat post, aluminum chain guard, landscape light headlight, sheet styrene (used for model construction) "fender skirts" and a wood and aluminum "oil" tank

You can see the build thread here...

Hot Rod Hawthorne

I bought this old Hawthorne back last December, just before Christmas and put it back for this build-off. It's a Snyder built bike from late '37 or early '38 going by frame details and the truss rods. I have had 4 and a half months to plan and decide what to do with this bike and I still...

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[LBCJ]

Great work!

 

[kram]

Cool hotrod!

 

[OddJob]

Your use of a wide variety of materials to create your own 'look' was amazing here! Well done!

 

[Bike from the Dead]

Sweet! Love how you repurposed a ton of materials to help achieve the look for your bike! Very cool!

 

[bleedingfingers]

Like everything about this bike .
Entered this style frame two build offs ago and bike did real well .

 

[handyandy1100]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. It was a fun build.

 

[kingfish254]

Stunning build brother! Awesome attention to detail and custom parts!
Ride with pride!
BRAVO!

 

[JA331]

Lots of very cool custom details going on here. I enjoyed going through the build thread again.

 

[Pondo]

Tons of cool custom details! I really like the tanks, headlight, skirts, paint and the shifter is awesome. Very cool build, I love it!

 

[marshall hudson]

Love the custom made parts on this one. Everything tied together well.