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Thanks for the suggestion. I put it up over there and I am doing what research I can. Ill update this if anyone comes up with anything.

Looks like 20.625"

Okay, here is the whole thing. Poor old thing needs some help, haha. Distinctive bends on the truss rod tops, but that's really all. Any help much appreciated.

Cool! Got a link? I searched around in your old posts but didn't see anything. Curious if you had any issues welding the old stuff? no weird problems, etc...

Update! This thing rides great. I only put about 30 miles on it, but it did the job it was built to do which was haul me around the pits at bonneville.

Yeah, sorry about that. I will have to take some at lunch. I'll get them up this afternoon. Sorry!

Re: 1936 Hawthorne build Hi Thought I would update this if anyone was interested. I finished (at least for now) this bike with great results. Took a little bit, but after about 10 miles or so I got used to the riding position. My knees were not super happy but whatever. I put maybe 20 or 30...

Hi I picked this up over the weekend with zero information along with another very early, very rough frame. Any help would be appreciated. Not sure what the plan is, it has some damage and may not be worth saving. Would like to find out what it might be and maybe that would help decide what to...

that is all kinds of cool. more photos please! especially of the headlight/tank

Re: 1936 Hawthorne build Thanks Luke. Not sure what you mean, tho. The bolts attach the stays to the fork. The steel fork extends all the way through to the bottom bracket and is very solid. There is no pivot point.

Re: 1936 Hawthorne build Thanks guys! It works fine under a static load of me sitting on it. My cool guy seat mount promptly bent as soon as I sat on it, but the frame seems fine. Probably stronger than new. I'll post up some more as I get some more done. Thanks!

Re: 1936 Hawthorne build Mounted the fork I added some material to the fork to make a fatter channel and add chain adjustment. Drilled and tapped some holes, and mounted a wheel. Time to roll it outside for some mockup pics to decide what fork to use. I put the springer together...

Re: 1936 Hawthorne build I have been working on this a little bit, thought I would update the post in case anyone is watching, haha. I got the fork to match the contour of the frame as close as possible. This was not easy, and it's still not perfect, but it's as close as it will get chopped...

I started another thread on this bike, it can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=65157

Fixed the links for anyone who's interested

Re: 1936 Hawthorne build I had a lot of ideas how to go about this, but they all relied on the integrity of the repair at the front of the lower stay. Well, that repair is probably as bad as anything else on this frame, so I'm going to try this: First thing was get an old forged fork and...

Thought I would do a thread on this bike even though it may take a long time to get it built. I spend most of my free time on car projects, so this is a bit of a sideline to that. I bought his frame at a (car) swap meet last spring, and posted it on here looking for ideas for the frame repair...

Thanks guys! Design by committee rarely provides the best solution for a problem, but in this case i think we all agree, whether it seems like it or not, haha. I plan to whittle out some new dropouts on my friend's mill on sunday, time permitting. I found some 6061 .25 plate and some other...

Thanks CP, you make a great point. The best solution by far for the dropouts is to make new ones. As for the stays, that is where I was thinking about fish plates over the repairs. I understand the metallurgical issues. I don't think any new or additional repair in that area will make it worse...

Thanks for the extra help CB! I really like that idea. The more I think about it the more I am leaning that direction also. Nicely designed fish plates welded over the repairs to spread the load. Still working on the dropout idea. Garage night tonight so the welder is coming over and he can take...