What year? Is my hawthorne
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The reverse year coding started during 1940, so earlier than that.
Few more pics…. It’s in a hard spot to take good pics in my garage
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How about a pic of the BB where the number is?
With the curved down tube, it should be right around 1940.
With the curved down tube, it should be right around 1940.
2 digits and SN on top of the 63567. I can't make out the 2 digits. 1940 or later. That's the year in reverse. It should show up with more paint removal. Maybe the first digit is a 6, making it a 1946, in 1956 they used forward facing dropouts.
On those bikes, the numbers are two different stampings. On top the 2 numbers plus SN (or EH) are in line on one stamp. The lower numbers, the sequence, is stamped with separate stamps.
They will probably show through with some sanding or wire brush.
They will probably show through with some sanding or wire brush.
I think I see a vague impression of a 4 before the -SN...and there may have been a 1 hidden in the deep scratch before that. Probably a '41.
They used the same date stamp for the whole year, so the numbers were in line and had the same spacing every time. Going by my 42, this shows right where the numbers would be. It looks like yours was lightly stamped as they hurried to make a ton of bikes every day.
Any batteries in the tank? They used to put a year code on those D cell batteries.
Any batteries in the tank? They used to put a year code on those D cell batteries.
I believe the current best theory is that it was built at the Excelsior-Hawthorne plant in Indiana. The other apparent plant code is SN, thought to be Snyder New York.
