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OK a new post begins to start my build off diary. No pics yet, but my brief is this: "To take something you once loved... that you nearly scrapped .... then you saved and gave it a re-birth!" This will be a simple (make over) build and one that will create a useable bike - unlike my previous...

The sun came out today, which is a rare thing in the UK, so I took the opportunity to get some nice pics of "Tales from the Crypt" my '52 hawthorne and tribute to EC comics greatest creation. The bike is all Hawthorne except for the modern rubber, and Wald bars. ENJOY!

ok so heres my build off, starting with a 1952 Hawthorne found in San Antonio TX, then shipped by the perils of UPS and aircraft all the way to the United Kingdom - Sunny Rotherham! The bike had been found quite rusty and had been stripped and re-painted to get it ridable again. Note that...

Hello from the other side of the pond!, yep I'm the proud owner of the uk's only (probably) '53 schwinn hornet and a '52 hawthorne which I've just finished rodding. More on this on the build off... Cheers!