Vintage Hawthorne Montgomery Ward Bicycle w Troxel Saddle Great Look To It: $199.95 Time Remaining: 18d 19h 55m. Some bikes have serial numbers, which can easily mean how aged the bike is. Yet even the ideal quotes will certainly provide a figure that is off the mark by at the very least 10 years. Hawthorne Bicycle in Europe have the. Nov 3, 2015 - All frame is engraved, forks with serial number rear wheel frame serial numbers everywhere. Had distinctive stop decal on rear fender.

Hawthornes were supplied to Montgomery Ward by various manufacturers. Early prewar balloon bikes seem to have serial numbers not specifically coded to M-W. Later prewar models have serial numbers which may cross manufacturer?s lines and relate to codes specific to M-W. Either way I don?t believe any lists of serial numbers for M-W are readily available.

If you post a picture of the bike with detail shots of the frame (The crank hanger from above and below, rear drop outs and the upper rear fender bridge are useful) the model and year can probably be deduced. Hi, Thanks for posting the photos. Your Hawthorne is definitely prewar and is one of the models made for Montgomery Ward by Cleveland Welding. That frame style typically dates to 1938-1939 but I think yours is later. Style campursari yamaha psr. Hawthorne used three different chain rings on their full size prewar balloon models, the?snowflake? And the?torque-star?

The torque-star chain ring didn?t appear until 1940 so if it is original to your bike that would date it to 1940-1942. As for serial numbers you have plenty to choose from.

I believe the?H? Number is the CWC serial number. It is hard to read, my interpretation being H06958. I have a girl?s CWC Western Flyer in my collection that is H88113. It is a 1941-1942 model.

From the above evidence I would call your bike a 1941 and guess it was probably made between late 1940 and the end of prewar production sometime in very early 1942. If my assumptions are right, your bike would prove that this style frame remained in production longer than any previous evidence I have seen would suggest.

The other numbers could be several things. One possibility is the LPD number refers to a police department.

Sometimes stolen or abandoned bikes were re-numbered by police departments before being sold at auction. Some of the other over-stamps may have to do with Montgomery Ward numbering for their record keeping. As I noted in my first post, earlier CWC numbers seem to follow a more straight-forward pattern than later prewar numbers. If more people will post crank hanger/serial number photos, comparisons will lead to more general knowledge on the subject. Your bike looks to be generally original with an accessory rack. I can?t tell from the photo if the broad box pinstripe around the badge is original or an addition. I have not seen this on a Hawthorne but I have a base model CWC Western Flyer that has a similar stripe.

In that case it was a less expensive paint treatment than head darts. Thanks again for the photos Phil. I actually think it is earlier than '41-42. The straight down tube and twin curving top bars are all indications of an earlier frame, most likely '39, 1940 at the latest. That brake arm is the clincher. That is definitely '30s.

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My '41 Roadmaster is original, with the ND hub having the '40-42 ND script, but with the later straight-edged form, unlike the chrome one with the bulb end like the one pictured. And of course with the exception of the larger letter/number combo punched into the hanger, the other stuff was added later by who knows who. But of course, all of this is based on personal experience with similar frames, and since bikes back then were built using current as well as left over parts from previous years, The exact year will remain unknown. Hi Anthony, you bring up some good points and underline some of mine.

The change to N-D hub brake arms wasn?t part of my knowledge so I didn?t pick up on that. The chain ring on the bike doesn?t appear on Hawthornes until the spring-summer 1940 catalog. The issue with dating a bike by anything other than the frame is that these parts may have been changed at any time. If the changes were made early on, the overall patina doesn?t prove or disprove originality. The bike may be sporting an earlier wheel set or a later chainring.