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I've thrown a lot of $20 bills away in my lifetime and this might be another one. But for $20 I decided to take the plunge and build some sort of fun bike (or turn it into yard art). All I can see is a Western Flyer head badge and a serial number on the left dropout of either R263400 or...

Well, I suppose it's time to give this bike a new lease on life and I will chronicle that here as well as lean on everyone for guidance and support. I'm new to the old bicycles but somehow have managed to hang on to a few with more than passing sentimental value. I'll use this thread for...

I'm not sure this is a 'fresh' find or not, but it's new-to-me. On my dad's 10th birthday in 1935 his parents asked what bicycle he wanted for his special day. He poured over the Montgomery Wards catalog and picked out a Hawthorne, specifically with the longhorn bars as he recalls. He rode...