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What year Hawthorne?

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DodgeDan

On Training Wheels
Hello,

I just picked it up this Hawthorne. Any idea on the year? I can't see a serial number, painted over pretty heavily.

Dan
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Since it's been repainted, I'd just sand the paint off over the serial. Looks like an HP Snyder build and the serials around this era can be decoded easily. Looks like early postwar.
 
Looks post-war, 1948-ish.
The date-place code is on the bottom; the serial sequence number should be on the seat tube mast about 6" below the seat post clamp.
Likely, a letter "D" followed by six digits.
Fairly heavy brace support for a headlight.
 
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