Restoring a ladies Hawthorne dumpster find (Updated 10/5/11)

[Wolf's Den Garage]

Very nice resto! Gotta say I really dug the original bars on it though.

 

[jaysmo]

this is coming along nicely ... look a lot like my roll fast step through the old stem is the same as mine...the black looks real nice.. 8)

 

[Wildcat]

Looking good! Truss rods going back on?

 

[catamount]

Very nice resto! Gotta say I really dug the original bars on it though.

Yeah, I did too! Those were completely shot though, and I couldn't find a match online. If I can find a similar one in the future, I'll put it on.

Looking good! Truss rods going back on?

Yeah! I just need to find some new cap nuts -- the thread size they used is a weird one that my local hardware store doesn't stock.

 

[El Duderino]

this looks really nice. now you need to find yourself a dumpster bike

 

[catamount]

Well... I finished the bike last week, 2 days after our wedding. We aren't taking a honeymoon right away, and I had the day off and my wife was at work (teacher).

When the last parts came in, I finished assembly. Here is the finished bike:

So that day, when she came home from work I told her that there was a surprise in the garage. She loves surprises.

I stood her outside one of the garage doors and set up the bike inside.

She loved it!

THE END

 

[Crank!Basti]

beautiful bike for a beautiful wife. *thumbsup!*

 

[Galtbacken]

Great job! The bike turned out looking top notch! Classic elegance.

 

[jaysmo]

Very classy and simple build ... i like it great job.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Looks great :wink: