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I see "The Boy Wonder" in another Post picked up a Few today himself..
very cool.

Here's mine..and I would LOVE any Help Dating it.
Mine has "Made in Canada" Bendix Rear Hubs

...and The Front are an English"Made in England" name
"Baylis Wiley"

Both are Balloon Tired Rims.

It needs a GOOD going over..

B.B. Rebuild
Remove Busted Pedal
Hubs Rebuilt
Spoke Fixed
Fender Strutt's re-welded...

anyway..the Chainring ?????
anyone know about the "R" on the Chainring ???
will this help Date the Bike ???

I can get the serial number off of the Rear Drop -out
.....if anyone know's of a Hiwatha Date Code / serial number chart let me know..

thanks in advance,
Enjoy,
Peace,
Kev.
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Kev, Nice bike. The "R" stands for Real Old.

Is there just the one wingnut on the axle? I have 2 of these and looking for 2 more.
 
The r's stand for, "Ricks Rat Rod" haha i want that sprocket! its sweet.
 
ricksterr1221 said:
The r's stand for, "Ricks Rat Rod" haha i want that sprocket! its sweet.
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That would be a nice addition to your selfnamed rat.

Now you have to talk Kev out it.
 
hey

hey sorry i am not much help. I bought my hiawathi off of ebay and it was being sold as a '43 and thats the only reason i have. for all i know it could be anything.
 
heres how

Well like i said i am no expert at dating hiawathas, HOWEVER i did discover a neat trick tonight while i was taking apart the '43. APPARENTLY the bike was assembled before the invention of torque wrenches... EVERY freaking bolt and screw, except ONE was stripped. It was a nightmare. I hope you have better luck than i did if you are planning on disassembling yours.
 
Thanks again for all the Help ( I'll watch for the Striped Bolts BoyWonder )

....and Gerry, I'm pretty excited about This one as well.
My Brain won't Stop creating and re-creating. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

First things first...break it down.
 

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