Help Identify Vintage Hawthorne

[Brian]

I'm very new to The Cabe and have just recently started to collect some vintage bikes. I only have a couple of decent bikes so far as I am extremely new and inexperienced to this. By chance I came across this Hawthorne that was about to go to the scrapyard and well,...I couldn't let that happen. This is my first post and I would love to get some feedback on model and roundabout date of this bike.
Number 09581 on seat tube and 05 SN on BB.
Thanks in advance!

 

[Lance Vangraham]

I'm very new to The Cabe and have just recently started to collect some vintage bikes. I only have a couple of decent bikes so far as I am extremely new and inexperienced to this. By chance I came across this Hawthorne that was about to go to the scrapyard and well,...I couldn't let that happen. This is my first post and I would love to get some feedback on model and roundabout date of this bike.
Number 09581 on seat tube and 05 SN on BB.
Thanks in advance!

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It looks a lot like my 1941 Hawthorne except yours is in better shape than my project. Welcome to an addiction that never ends!

 

[Lance Vangraham]

After looking closer yours is probably newer than mine since you don't have the tabs for the drop kick stand and the forks are different. Still it's a rad bike though good luck!

 

[syclesavage]

Hey it's a great starter bike find the nessasary parts as you can build him up and ride on my friend. Frame looks to be early 50's. Fork is older as well as its a skip tooth drive. That too might have been changed

 

[bikedudeomaha]

my best guess would be a 1950 snyder built frame. looks alot like my '55 rollfast.

 

[Gordon]

I have a 1953 with the same skip tooth chain ring and the same head badge. Coincidentally it was my first good bike I found when I started collecting.

 

[syclesavage]

I have simular also can't send pic off phone I'm on holiday in Italy will try when I get back to states. Mine reverse drop outs no tabs for drop stand same chain ring and fork. My badge mounts at screws 12 n 6

 

[mickeyc]

Big repair on frame by kickstand mount. Make a good rider for sure if the frame is straight.

Mike

 

[Brian]

Hey thanks for the replies. It takes people like you guys to educate me.
Was this a possible tank bike? I don't see any indications of it.

 

[Adamtinkerer]

The '05' indicates 1950.Probably not a tanker. Tank looks like this.

Hawthorne 50 (Snyder) by njabatsis, on Flickr