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saladshooter
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
I'd reckon to say 1938 CWC built something or other.
Archie Sturmer
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I was going to guess 1937-C1, because of the lower serial sequence number, in the lower ~10 percentile?
I had what I called a 1938-C4 refurbished CWC bicycle, which had a higher serial number and the horizontal (side) holes for its brass “Wards H Hawthorne” badge.
CWC-built Hawthorne bicycles had either the vertical badge holes or the side badge holes, (but I forget or never knew which was when).
Just double checked, the Hawthorne badge with 2+7/8” vertical holes were on my 1947 CWC-built.
I had what I called a 1938-C4 refurbished CWC bicycle, which had a higher serial number and the horizontal (side) holes for its brass “Wards H Hawthorne” badge.
CWC-built Hawthorne bicycles had either the vertical badge holes or the side badge holes, (but I forget or never knew which was when).
Just double checked, the Hawthorne badge with 2+7/8” vertical holes were on my 1947 CWC-built.
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Arnold Ziffel
Finally riding a big boys bike
You will need a lot of POR-15 on that old bike.
The front fork appears clean and in decent shape, but the rest of the steel tubes making up the frame will need POR-15 to try to strengthen(stiffen & stabilize) the severely rusted, thin areas that without too much effort that you might be able to poke a screwdriver or icepick through the severely rusted areas.
POR-15 it, both internally and externally and you probably will be OKAY. I'd inspect and sort of test the bike frame before you do anything because if any tubing is deteriorated so badly that it crushes/bends/or breaks, you might need to cut and weld in a new solid-stable piece of similar steel tubing in place of the severely rotted section. If that is not the case, then POR-15 should be enough. Remember that you'll need to Top-Coat Over (PAINT OVER) POR-15 because I don't believe it is UV resistant, and will maybe deteriorate in direct sunlight if not top coated with ordinary paint.
The front fork appears clean and in decent shape, but the rest of the steel tubes making up the frame will need POR-15 to try to strengthen(stiffen & stabilize) the severely rusted, thin areas that without too much effort that you might be able to poke a screwdriver or icepick through the severely rusted areas.
POR-15 it, both internally and externally and you probably will be OKAY. I'd inspect and sort of test the bike frame before you do anything because if any tubing is deteriorated so badly that it crushes/bends/or breaks, you might need to cut and weld in a new solid-stable piece of similar steel tubing in place of the severely rotted section. If that is not the case, then POR-15 should be enough. Remember that you'll need to Top-Coat Over (PAINT OVER) POR-15 because I don't believe it is UV resistant, and will maybe deteriorate in direct sunlight if not top coated with ordinary paint.
razinhellcustomz
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Ton O' Patina going on here!! Nice SCORE on this one Sven ... RideOn... Razin..
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