Thanks Lou,
Ill pass that onto Flash. Indeed the Swallow, Keyhole, Italia and
Spyder were actual models. Their lugs represent the kind of
customization that many builders of lugged frames employ -
specifically modification of "store bought" lugs to the degree
those lugs enable it. Hetchins being larger and more of a brand
standardized to a high degree the variations of lug customizing
and called these by a model name. As Flash has said the "Latin
Series" was and is something different.
Cheers
Tom Rawson
Oakland, CA
> http://www.hetchins.org/
>
> Excellent discussion. I'll use some of it to capture the
models for the
> Used Bike Buyers Guide if you don't mind. Were the Italias,
Keyholes, and
> Swallow/Spyders actual frame models? Also, the picture in the
link above is
> equipped with the Campagnolo ICS modifications. ICS was the
Zurich based
> company that sold the kits or marketed them on the Magni frame.
I have one
> such ICS equipped Magni. They apparently sold well in Europe
but were
> considered too extravagant and expensive for the U.S. market.
Lou