This months Bicycle of the Month belongs to Chuck Larcom at Star Bike shop in Savanah Georgia. It was restored by Dave’s Vintage Bicycles (nostalgic.net). Features New Departure 2-speed hub and front brake, twin light carrier and original shade of … Continue reading
Outstanding original condition. This bicycle features remote powered head and tail/brake light. … Continue reading
This page from a 1928 Montgomery Ward catalog shows the Hawthorne Flyer, their most deluxe bicycle offering for that year. … Continue reading
A 1936 Hawthorne Zep owned by Ed Kann is this months Bicycle of the Month. This art-deco beauty has some of the finest chrome work I have ever seen. The paint (done by Dave at nostalgic.net) is done to factory … Continue reading
This months bike is a 1941 Hawthorne Comet. Equipped with lighted “floating” carrier, headlight, spring fork and horn tank. The color on this bike was matched from orginal paint that was inside the tank. This bike was restored back to … Continue reading
This months featured bicycle is Jerry Germeau’s 1939 Hawthorne Zep. Super restoration job, certainly a lot nicer than they were from the factory. Eye popping chrome and color, it doens’t get much better than this! … Continue reading
A good example of one of the earliest balloon tired bicycles. this bike is equipped with chrome fenders, tool box tank, headlight and speedometer. Check out the springs on that saddle. … Continue reading
Model V70. V is for victory!. Only available in 1942 this bike features a Delta headlight, stoplight/taillight, Zep speedometer, New Departure 2 speed. Options included a springer fork, and New Departure fore brake. This bicycle is in excellent original condition. … Continue reading
The rare 1939 Hawthorne Zep is shown in this scan of the bicycle pages from the 1939 Spring and Summer Montgomery Ward catalog. … Continue reading
This bike was the top of the line Hawthorne in 1938 and as the catalog states, there was “not a thing missing”. Advertised as “Supreme beauty – Deluxe equipment” it is easy to see that there was truth in advertising. … Continue reading