1939 Hawthorne Zep Twin Bar CWC vs Snyder

[saladshooter]

Once again, Joe Mik's bikes. Here you can see, although hard to tell exactly, differences in the light brackets between the two.

 

[Kickstand3]

Different stem also on Joes bike looks like the one on my 38 Hawthorne roadster

 

[Kickstand3]

The center piece that goes between the bars looks incorrect

 

[Kickstand3]

And the tank on this bike doesn’t fit like it should. There’s a lot pieces and original hardware needed to fit one of those tanks correctly

 

[39zep]

And the tank on this bike doesn’t fit like it should. There’s a lot pieces and original hardware needed to fit one of those tanks correctly

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Looks like the front end took a pretty good hit and some low budget repair done. I've actually seen a few frames where the top bars are bent down causing that gap in the tank.

 

[Kickstand3]

Looks like the front end took a pretty good hit and some low budget repair done. I've actually seen a few frames where the top bars are bent down causing that gap in the tank.

You suppose that blue bike is a non tank model?

 

[Kickstand3]

You suppose that blue bike is a non tank model?

Fordmike65 has a blue non tank model

 

[fordmike65]

Fordmike65 has a blue non tank model

The Hawthorne Twin Bars are completely different frames. Even the rarer CWC built HTBs don't have the dropped chainstays.

 

[39zep]

You suppose that blue bike is a non tank model?

Tanks are more uncommon than 4 gills. So I wouldn’t think it was added. I just think it was RODE hard.

 

[Freqman1]

Fordmike65 has a blue non tank model

The non tank models are not Zeps. Here is one that I believe was here on the CABE (Snyder). V/r Shawn