...since I've even been able to look for a new find , but I couldn't pass this up . Looks to be a 1949 Snyder built Montgomery Wards Hawthorne , Wrong wheels , sprocket , guard , and such . But , the important stuff is still there .
It's been a while ......
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What a beauty!!! Good score!
Ward's didn't use that 'crest' M/W badge until 1950, thought the same otherwise as a 49 model in the catalog. BB should be stamped '05 EH' or similar, 94 would be 49, of course the frame could have been built in 49 and sold in 50. -Adam
very NICE BIKE :mrgreen: i would have liked to pull the trigger on that badboy :!:
Looks like maybe 558N on the BB . I couldn't see them at all at first , had to scrape the housepaint off . The are #'s on the rear drop out also . '55 makes sense . cause then the sprocket could be original , also I've never seen the struts for the rack go all the way around the rack .
really nice score on that snyder jeff! 
looks like the previous owner forgot to mount the fork rockers to the inside of the fork.
looks like the previous owner forgot to mount the fork rockers to the inside of the fork.
Sweet find :wink:
The wheels appear to be from a Murray Monterey , MO stamped & with a Carlisle on the front , when they were put on the parts apparently got flipped , & the end of the fork is smashed so the forks don't even work :? But I'll get er straightened outtexasbigjon said:really nice score on that snyder jeff!
Very nice...those are the tanks I've been looking for.I'll bet they are set up to house a 6v lantern battery to run the light and horn.Let me know if you ever decide to part it out...a really special find...if you need a correct replacement bulb for your light,I can get them...P 8)
Just checked mine...the BB is stamped "55 EH" so I'm assuming its a 1955 build?
Just checked mine...the BB is stamped "55 EH" so I'm assuming its a 1955 build?
55 seems right, that was when that Murrayesque chainring came out. Chainguard looks like it's from an actual Murray though. -Adamdogdart said:
