Re: [CR]hetchins serial no.

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 21:53:05 +0000
Subject: Re: [CR]hetchins serial no.
From: "Hilary Stone" <Hilary.stone@tesco.net>
To: Donald Dundee <rebour@hotmail.com>, rydjor@smig.net, GRIFFKS@aol.com
CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


I'm afraid that this is not true for most of the 50s and some of the 60s. Contact me with a frame number and I have the original records from 1935 to 1967 plus some after this and I can check whether yours is pukka ­ quote the frame size and lugwork if possible. Frame number 7063 should be a 23in straight Magnum Opus. It was sold on the 13th October 1967. Regards Hilary Stone

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>From: "Donald Dundee" <rebour@hotmail.com>

>To: rydjor@smig.net, GRIFFKS@aol.com

>Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

>Subject: Re: [CR]hetchins serial no.

>Date: Wed, Feb 7, 2001, 9:20 pm

>


> In most cases from the early 50's to the early 60's, the numbers following

> the "H" in th eserial number is the year in reverse. For example, and H2504

> would be a '52 Hetchins, 4604 would be a '64 Hetchins, and so on. That idea

> was eventuualy dropped sometime in the early 60's, and the sreaightforward

> method was employed, i.e. H70314 is a 1970 Frame, nukber 314 of that year. I

> would guess that your bike is a 1970, judging by this numbering method and

> the componentry on it. Does it have a Tottenham or Southend-On-Sea

> headbadge?

>

> beautiful bike, Dan!

>

> ken denny

> boston

>

>

>>From: "DAN ULWELLING" <rydjor@smig.net>

>>To: <GRIFFKS@aol.com>

>>CC: "CRlist" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

>>Subject: Re: [CR]hetchins serial no.

>>Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 14:57:47 -0800

>>

>>Thanks for the heads up. I did in fact find the serial number on the

>>steerer tube and it is H7063. Does that help with dating it?

>>

>>Dan Ulwelling

>>----- Original Message -----

>>From: <GRIFFKS@aol.com>

>>To: <rydjor@smig.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

>>Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:08 PM

>>Subject: Re: [CR]hetchins serial no.

>>

>>

>> > .....................................what about checking the steerer

>>tube

>>for the number!

>> > regards

>> > Griff King-Spooner (London UK)