1940s Hawthorne?

[J-wagon]

Hi all, I need help figuring out year of this Hawthorne franken bike. Bottom bracket stamp looks like SN 107966. I think SN for Snyder? But no letter date code or reverse year format. Thx!

 

[rollfaster]

@Archie Sturmer

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Higher serial numbers (e.g., six digits) may be seen for the 1941 models? I believe that Snyder restarted their sequence every year.

We may have seen some Hawthorne frames with the curved down tube stamped in 40-42, (but first showing up in 1941 catalogs?); the bike does not look like a post war model.

I would probably remove a bit more paint to look for additional stampings.

 

[CURTIS L LINDGREN]

Well now.....................looks like a perfect 4th of July Parade bike ! Nice find !

 

[J-wagon]

I would probably remove a bit more paint to look for additional stampings.

Thx all!
Cousin Archie, I see, perhaps early 1940s. more pics attached if helpful. I could not find additional numbers letters on BB.

 

[Adamtinkerer]

The reverse year is always before the factory code. The other #'s are probably local PD ID. Either the year was stamped too faintly, or those scratches may have obscured it. That being said, the brass winged H badge wasn't used after '47. That year, deluxe models got the new aluminum badge, through '49, and showing up on the whole line in '48.

 

[the tinker]

For comparison, here's a photo of my old 47 Comet.