new hiawatha project...

[abel01]

Hey everyone.....I went to the long beach bike meet....I felt like a kid at toys R us =).....anyways I found a skiptooth hiawatha,unknown year also not sure if the chainwheel is the right one...it says hiawatha on brass indian head badge.... also ser# is on bottom below crank,also it has a bendix 36-13 also rims are chrome with red stripe on edge......ser#22798.........if you can tell me anything about this bike I will surely appreciate it....thanks

 

[roadmaster]

cool hiawatha. (so thats what one looks like). my guess would be late 40's or early 50's on the vintage, but that is just a guess by the frame style and the bendix redline rear wheel. sweet find!

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Cant help much on the dateing but they are great bikes . not too rare where the parts are expensive . I never heard of one till I got here. They must not have been too popular in the south.I know it dosent make sense but out of the last 5 bikes I have built the Hiawatha rides the best , and they look good also. Dont think I have seen a tank on any . Maybe I live a sheltered life. Here is a shot of the one I just finished. Good score and good luck with it.

 

[Rustinkerer]

Hiawatha was the badge name for Gamble's dept. stores. Some were made by Shelby, and some by CWC. (and probably others, who knows...) ~Adam

 

[abel01]

Cant help much on the dateing but they are great bikes . not too rare where the parts are expensive . I never heard of one till I got here. They must not have been too popular in the south.I know it dosent make sense but out of the last 5 bikes I have built the Hiawatha rides the best , and they look good also. Dont think I have seen a tank on any . Maybe I live a sheltered life. Here is a shot of the one I just finished. Good score and good luck with it.

wow your bike is really nice .....I was told it's a 30's hiawatha huffman made..it has the wrong rims and handlebars...

 

[abel01]

Hiawatha was the badge name for Gamble's dept. stores. Some were made by Shelby, and some by CWC. (and probably others, who knows...) ~Adam

thanks for the info...