Really not sure.. prewar, cwc? (HP Snyder made) Brand?

[metalchewy]

This frame has me a little perplexed. I think it is a late 30s cwc, but don't know enuff about their serialsnto know.

I have seen it on this site previously, but never saw anyone's it.


I am hoping for some help

Serial.stamp


It has #14-24 threaded chain tensioner screws.
With rear facing dropouts.


Slightly flattened chainstay, round seat stays.

 

[B607]

Just a guess...H.P. Snyder. I have one very similar and that's what I was told. Gary

 

[metalchewy]

Someone mentioned Roadmaster to me, but the tube angle to the dropouts doesn't seem to match. HP Snyder... hmmm. The pics i found of those had straight tube seat stays instead of rounded.

 

[metalchewy]

Just a guess...H.P. Snyder. I have one very similar and that's what I was told. Gary

Good call on the HP Snyder made frame. I searched out bramded, not made by...

Was lookin about and I ran crossed a HP Snyder manufactured roll fast here:
http://www.nostalgic.net/bicycle613/picture2553


When I first saw it, I thought Rollfast. But the head badge pins are vertical, not horizontal like the Rollfast.

 

[Rustinkerer]

'04-EH' is the date code, 04 meaning 1940. -Adam

 

[metalchewy]

Looking at the stamps, I thought that was a C4

 

[Jpromo]

"04" 1940 HP Snyder indeed. Rollfast was most common with horizontal holes, but they were also badged in many manners depending on where they were sold.

 

[metalchewy]

So we got a 1940 HP Snyder manufactured bike. Still looking for a possible brand I'm finding Hawthorne's and Rollfast, both horozontal. Any idea who badged these with verticle?

 

[Flying Zombie]

My '38 Rollfast Zep has Horizontal holes.

 

[metalchewy]

My '38 Rollfast Zep has Horizontal holes.

Hey Zombie, gotta pic of the head badge on that, and how far apart are the holes?

 

[Flying Zombie]

I was wrong! Vertical.

still too cool and relevant not to post a good photo

 

[Jpromo]

The first vertical-holed badge that comes to mind, and commonly came on Snyder products is Belknap. Though I'm sure there are a number of other ones.

 

[metalchewy]

I was wrong! Vertical.
....

still too cool and relevant not to post a good photo

Thanks for trying.

The first vertical-holed badge that comes to mind, and commonly came on Snyder products is Belknap. Though I'm sure there are a number of other ones.

I don't know much about Belknap . Will start searching.

 

[metalchewy]

Well, I found this page.
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/15072-1941-belknap-skiptooth-unrestored



Seems like a match. Still wondering what other vertical badged brands for HP Snyder.

Funny I painted mine similar to the one in the pic, just by how I wanted the lines

 

[Jpromo]

I know Belknap also sourced frames from Huffman, which is what that '41 is

There's not always a solid answer with these old bicycles. The hard part is that there were hundreds of hardware stores that sold bicycles and badged them specially for their shop. Belknap was one of the larger ones and I know they sourced from Snyder.

 

[Rustinkerer]

Other Snyder badges: Royal Flyer, Overland, Pilgrim, Puritan, Winchester, Standard, Keystone, Peerless, Athlete, Harvard, American Flyer, Roamer, Cadet, Black Beauty, Gold Medal, Princeton, Yale, Ben Hur, Blue Ribbon, Savage, Rex, and Lexington. -Adam

 

[metalchewy]

Cool Adam, thank you, that's quite the list.

 

[blksabbath]

I think i have that same frame. The fork parts in pic were not with frame when i bought it....pretty obvious right.

 

[blksabbath]

One more pic.

 

[Phil Fink]

My "74EH" is a '47 HawthornE, with aluminum/blue badge, (side holes).
I believe that "04EH" may be a 7-years earlier HawthornE, with the shiny badge and vertical holes.