LETS SEE HAWTHORNE BICYCLES !!!!!!!!

[1972ss]

MY FIRST BUILD FROM PARTS SAVED, 1940'S HAWTHORNE FRAME.

THIS IS WHAT I STARTED WITH.

 

[Jpromo]

My most recent purchase; 1938 Wards Hawthorne built by Cleveland Welding. Twin Silverays, like NOS Carlisle Lightnings, CWC locking fork.

 

[Bigwaves]

I am going to post my first build in another thread soon. I was looking for some rims for my 61 Schwinn American when I cam upon this Hawthorne.
Turns out someone had put some Schwinn S2 rims w/ New Departure hubs. Here it is before I snatched the rims and fenders.
Now I am going to have to find rims for this and build it!
Can anyone ID mod/year? SN is E171868
Thanks

 

[bikeriderx]

Nice looking bike! I like the lines of the frame. I'm gonna hazard a guess that it's mid-late 1960's...

 

[bikeriderx]

MY FIRST BUILD FROM PARTS SAVED, 1940'S HAWTHORNE FRAME.

SWEET!!

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Agreed, that blue looks awesome and works really well with the natural rubber colored pedals. Have you tried a honey colored seat/grips?

I'm not versed in Hawthornes and maybe the grips/seat are original or NOS, but I picked these up from eBay I thought they had a nice 'classic' look to them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BROWN-CRUIS..._Accessories&hash=item45fe784866#ht_634wt_905

These are nice mix of black and brown:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140512467179?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_969

In any case, your bike looks great!

Cheers,
Dr. T

 

[Illiterite Wino]

had this dropped off, in pieces, last week... threw it together too see what I had..

started a rebuild thread for it as well
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=47782

no hurry as winter is quickly approaching here in Ohio

 

[VonFink]

Bought this off CL for $110 a few weeks ago. Just bought some nice used w/w tires for it. It needs a seat (this one is for my 57 Western Flyer).

 

[bikeriderx]

NICE!

 

[ndaway]

 

[chepe13]

Here is my Hawthorne, I do not know anything about it other than it has been repainted at some point. I have pieced this thing together in this last week, just need to shorten my chain and it should be ready to go. I am not happy with the seat but it will have to do until I find a better era correct one. The wheels are JC Higgins, the fork is from a CWC Roadmaster, and the bars and stem are from a Schwinn. Also, the coke bottle grips came off of a Roadmaster as well, not sure what the chain ring is off of.

 

[bikeriderx]

The chain ring looks kinda' Schwinny. :mrgreen:

 

[1959firearrow]

Here is my only one as far as I know its mostly original. It was my grandmothers first bike!

 

[bikeriderx]

Nice! Looks like a CW made Hawthorne.

 

[aka_locojoe]

Doesn't hold a candle to what's been posted but it is a Hawthorne.

 

[bikeriderx]

Right on, Randy!

Doesn't hold a candle to what's been posted but it is a Hawthorne.

 

[ODDER]

Twin top bar in process of becoming a rider again. Still need an adult sized seat and grips.
Has some goofy light up pedals that work on 4C batteries each and a mercury switch. I'd sell em if anyone is interested.

 

[chepe13]

The chain ring looks kinda' Schwinny. :mrgreen:

Haha, yeah i assumed that, it's just a bit small. That is what I meant by not knowing what it came off of.

 

[rusty1]

...my ugly "beast"

 

[bikeriderx]

The chain ring looks kinda' Schwinny. :mrgreen:

Haha, yeah i assumed that, it's just a bit small. That is what I meant by not knowing what it came off of.

Girls bike...