Wards Hawthorne War Era ? Find. ...1945

[Thonyv1974_]

Long story short, a friend stopped by with this Wards Hawthorne girls bike and asked what I thought about it. He was going to strip it for parts. I noticed the black Morrow rear hub and black New Departure front hub along with the V"s on the fenders and thought right away it could be a late 41 early 42 made a deal and it was ours. Regrettably we didn't buy the 42 Schwinn from Krakatoa but he has taught me quite a bit about war era bikes. I sent pictures to Bozman and he believes it to be a 42 . Didn't see any signs of a serial number on the BB. Glad to have been able to save this from being a parts bike. ...... I welcome anyones opinions on this. ... thanks Tony

 

[Mercian]

Hi Thoyv1974,

The rear Morrow hub should have a date code on it, This is a letter/number (from 1-4) code, bottom left of the makers information stamped on it. The letter is the year, the number the quarter.You can decode it here:

http://www.strandcruisers.com/morrow/morrow_hub_dating.htm

The hub, assuming it to be original, would be made a little before the bicycle.

Best Regards,

Adrian

 

[Thonyv1974_]

Hi Thoyv1974,

The rear Morrow hub should have a date code on it, This is a letter/number (from 1-4) code, bottom left of the makers information stamped on it. The letter is the year, the number the quarter.You can decode it here:

http://www.strandcruisers.com/morrow/morrow_hub_dating.htm

The hub, assuming it to be original, would be made a little before the bicycle.

Best Regards,

Adrian

Thank you for your insight, I definitely need to degunk the rear hub. This bike appears to be original, the rims are painted and have blue pinstriping on them to tie into the blue of the bike ? I'll post the hub information later today. Thanks again...... Tony

 

[Thonyv1974_]

Hi Thoyv1974,

The rear Morrow hub should have a date code on it, This is a letter/number (from 1-4) code, bottom left of the makers information stamped on it. The letter is the year, the number the quarter.You can decode it here:

http://www.strandcruisers.com/morrow/morrow_hub_dating.htm

The hub, assuming it to be original, would be made a little before the bicycle.

Best Regards,

Adrian

The Morrow list is awesome , I have quite a few of them , researching history is one of the best parts of bicycle collecting. ...

 

[Thonyv1974_]

Thanks Mercian. ...

 

[Thonyv1974_]

Thanks Mercian. ...

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I'll be going on a date today. ....lol...

 

[rustjunkie]

http://thecabe.com/forum/threads/serial-number-and-date-code-information.71542/

 

[Thonyv1974_]

http://thecabe.com/forum/threads/serial-number-and-date-code-information.71542/

Thank you for the links, not 100% sure if this bike is Snyder built or CWC......?

 

[rustjunkie]

Looks like a Snyder to me, check for a # on the seat tube a few inches below the seat post clamp.

 

[Thonyv1974_]

Looks like a Snyder to me, check for a # on the seat tube a few inches below the seat post clamp.

No sign of numbers there or BB.