[CR]Hetchins twin plate crown

(Example: Framebuilders:Doug Fattic)

Date: 2 Jun 2002 17:29:45 +0000
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "a d m" <adm@altavista.co.uk>
Subject: [CR]Hetchins twin plate crown

Hello All I've just received this information about the Hetchins twinplate crown from Ray Etherton ex Classic Bikes UK. regards Andrew Moore Wiltshire England

Hi Andrew, Just to confirm, I have seen and inspected the twin plate fork crown shown To me and IMHO is of the type Hetchins used in the latter part of their production using round section fork blades. I think they used this latter type,as the 'better known', twin plate types consisited of two parts..originally cast using 1-8 casting numbers. These two parts had to be matched..number by number. I think towards the end this was not easy for the builder(s) to match. Good luck with the auction...It's in a very good cause Ray Etherton