Lightweight Gambles Hiawatha skiptooth bike....is this such a thing or someone's Frankenstein?

[jgsb1966]

 

[Robert Troub]

This Hiawatha is not a "custom build." It is what remains of a WW2 "Victory Bicycle." Made to War Board edicts.

Rear hub appears to be original. However, rear rim, handlebars, front wheel, saddle are modern replacements.

Leon Dixon
National Bicycle History Archive of America
(NBHAA.com)

That's what I meant by "custom", as you put it ...