Willi Witch

[Frankie plekhand]

Hi guys!
Back again for BO17, had so much fun and inspiration last year i decided to go at it again. It is already so hard to keep up with all the builds that are going on already, so much coolness, man....

Well my starting point is a 1947 CWC Hawthorne that i picked up last fall and it will get a gender swap, that makes it class 2 right?

It has a skiptooth chain

Really cool patina and paint work

I plan on using an Electra Daisy frame as donor for the gender swap

The idea is to do something like this and i will try to reproduce the paint. If that doesn't work out, i'll have to go bare metal (at least on the frame, don't want to lose those cool patina fenders).

And yes my photoshop skills are bad ... i know..
Maybe remove the old top tube and insert it back higher, more or less original-ish.
Maybe i'll slap on some whitewalls, maybe not. Maybe i will rebuild the wheels, maybe not. I'll see how it goes timewise.

Haven't really thought of a name. Maybe something like C(lassic) W(oman) C(onversion) rat, dunno.
First up is a teardown!

 

[Glen]

Names… hmmm… kinda looks like a Danny to me… but perhaps with an ‘i’… so Danni.

Or Willy… but also with an ‘i’… so Willi.



But on a more serious and intellectual note, a quick online search for Hawthorne resulted in a site about ‘Nathaniel Hawthorne’ who was “One of the most important and influential American writers of the nineteenth century”.

So if literature is your thing, perhaps inspiration from one of his titles. You can find 10 of them here…

https://interestingliterature.com/2021/04/best-nathaniel-hawthorne-novels-and-stories/

Glen.

 

[OddJob]

@Glen , perhaps you remember this Hawthorne build from the past....."Old Manse Hawthorne"....

Definitely a 'Nathaniel' reference.

 

[Frankie plekhand]

Names… hmmm… kinda looks like a Danny to me… but perhaps with an ‘i’… so Danni.

Or Willy… but also with an ‘i’… so Willi.



But on a more serious and intellectual note, a quick online search for Hawthorne resulted in a site about ‘Nathaniel Hawthorne’ who was “One of the most important and influential American writers of the nineteenth century”.

So if literature is your thing, perhaps inspiration from one of his titles. You can find 10 of them here…

https://interestingliterature.com/2021/04/best-nathaniel-hawthorne-novels-and-stories/

Glen.

Too bad Willy is already taken by @Karate Chicken Industries .
I did find some cool references about Nathaniel Hawthornes dad, John Hathorne, who was involved in the Salem witch trials as one of the main judges. Nathaniel added the w to his name later so he wouldn't be connected to his dad.

 

[Couch tater]

There is always Lola, L-o-l-a Lola

 

[Frankie plekhand]

There is always Lola, L-o-l-a Lola

This is the only lola for me

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

Too bad Willy is already taken by @Karate Chicken Industries .

I would not be offended at all, so please feel free to use that if you wish to. Together we could have a case of the Willies.

 

[Ulu]

 

[Frankie plekhand]

I would not be offended at all, so please feel free to use that if you wish to. Together we could have a case of the Willies.

I guess it's a gentlemans agreement.. I present you Willi the Witch

 

[Glen]

So that's that then... it's a battle of the willies.

 

[Frankie plekhand]

Started the teardown today.

Everything went smooth until i broke of one of the end of the truss rods

No big problem, can fix that later

Here you can see the original color
Did a quick polish with some wd and steel wool

The rims are pretty crusty but i think i can still use them, will look at it later when i remove the tires

 

[Frankie plekhand]

I found a really cool springer fork on marketplace

It's from some kind of moped i think. Not sure if it fits so i send hin a message about the size and width.
Now waiting for a response from the seller.

 

[Oldbiscuit]

So that's that then... it's a battle of the willies.

So when this is all over are you guys going to measure up the builds to see who has the biggest willie ? I mean, bragging rights are bragging rights, right ??

 

[Oldbiscuit]

 

[Frankie plekhand]

So when this is all over are you guys going to measure up the builds to see who has the biggest willie ? I mean, bragging rights are bragging rights, right ??

That is a fact

 

[Frankie plekhand]

Just a quick question, how are these frames made? At some spots its filled with brass (i think) but some parts are just not welded at all

 

[Glen]

Just a quick question, how are these frames made? At some spots its filled with brass (i think) but some parts are just not welded at all

I don't know

It must be witchcraft

Glen.

 

[Frankie plekhand]

I don't know

It must be witchcraft

Glen.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

The brass stuff is brazed. Not sure what's holding together the other joints, maybe dreams?

 

[Frankie plekhand]

The brass stuff is brazed. Not sure what's holding together the other joints, maybe dreams?

Haha possibly..
I will find out when i cut it up then