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1939 Hawthorne Twinbar Zep

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Great..... Now I want one :) CWC built Hawthorne Zep. Were these one year only? 39? I noticed that some of these have double curved downtubes and some have a single curved downtube. Are they both the fully loaded deluxe CWC built Hawthorne Zep? Or is one a more basic and/or common model? I had also read that the lower top bar has holes drilled in it for mounting the tank. I'm guessing that the "Snyder/CWC built Hawthorne Twin Bars" discussed in a different thread that did not come with a tank would not have had the holes and therefore this ebay tank (or an original one for that matter) would not fit?http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=114342192998 @fordmike65

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Great..... Now I want one :) CWC built Hawthorne Zep. Were these one year only? 39? I noticed that some of these have double curved downtubes and some have a single curved downtube. Are they both the fully loaded deluxe CWC built Hawthorne Zep? Or is one a more basic and/or common model? I had also read that the lower top bar has holes drilled in it for mounting the tank. I'm guessing that the "Snyder/CWC built Hawthorne Twin Bars" discussed in a different thread that did not come with a tank would not have had the holes and therefore this ebay tank (or an original one for that matter) would not fit?http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=114342192998 @fordmike65

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The lower bar holes are not necessarily for the tank to stabilize, but to mount the battery cage /light / horn unit
These brackets keep the tank from moving around. There’s a lot of moving parts to that tank ,not like most common tanks . Just ask @zep39 he’s the real king of these beauties

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Thanks @Kickstand3 good to know about the mounting hole. @bairdco the bike on this project thread turned out pretty darn good. Nice work. @fordmike65 thanks for starting the thread on the Hawthorne twin bar. It was helpful. Adding @39zep and @saladshooter and @JAF/CO just for fun :). Now after reading up a bit more I will attempt to answer a few of my own questions. 1. CWC built Hawthorne Zep.........yeah I will never own one of these. Picking one up on Craigslist for 450 bucks is a 1 in a million chance. 2. Were these one year only? 39? Yes sounds like it. 3. I noticed that some of these have double curved downtubes and some have a single curved downtube. I think that the rusty red one shown earlier on this thread looked like a single downtube from one angle but actually had two that went into the bottom bracket. I hope that I didn't throw this thread off on a tangent too bad. Congrats to anyone who owns a legit CWC built Hawthorne Zep. They are beautiful bikes. It sure seems to me that a Hawthorne twin bar built as a bit of a zep tribute (and perhaps the ebay tank I referenced above may fit) is far more within reach for those of us not lucky or connected enough to to end up with one of the few real CWC built Hawthorne Zep bicycles.
 
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