I see curved rods on a Monark built Twin Bar model in the Hawthorne book, but no Snyder images...share?
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1938/39 Hawthorne identification help please
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I see curved rods on a Monark built Twin Bar model in the Hawthorne book, but no Snyder images...share?
Jeff54
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
And since that rat stingray has yet but a Schwinn frame of notable intrest, I'd also do the trade for that same reason. hell even if I had no plans to paint it.
Just the probable western flier rims are clean enough to make the Schwinn frame it's equal. lol.
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jpromo
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Can do! This is the only catalog image I've seen that shows a Snyder built twin-bar:
AFAIK those rods are tubular aluminum; they were on the original Snyder/Hawthorne Twin Bar I had a while back.
jpromo
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
This is true, they were aluminum on the twin-bars. So the forks were around in '38 with at least aluminum rods, possibly leading to a steel rod redesign for '39.
Well the Hawthorne "motobike" forks were the same '36-'39, but they used different rods: straight at top 1936-1938, curved for 1939.
Said it before but will say it again: this is what I've observed, and what I don't know could just barely be squeezed into Dodger Stadium.
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Drummerboy
Look Ma, No Hands!
Ok, so with everything said, what year does everyone think it is?
I brought it home today btw.
I brought it home today btw.
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So is the rear fender peaked like the front?
What is the serial #?
What is the serial #?
Drummerboy
Look Ma, No Hands!
Yes, the rear is peaked just like the front, so I believe it's correct. I'm currently at the airport waiting to pick up my wife, but when I get home I'll send you the serial on here. Thank you so much for your help!
Cool, that # can be compared to bikes that have a known year. But given the bike is known to have been put together (the extent unknown) IMO the parts that are on it can't be used as a reference for dating.
