Re: [CR]Another nice Hetchins

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:38:26 -0600 (CST)
From: <leonarddiamond@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Another nice Hetchins
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Listed as serial number 483191. Would this make its year of birth 1948? Originally would there have been a front derailleur?

Len Diamond Ridgewood, NJ USA
>From: Steve Maas <bikestuff@nonlintec.com>
>Date: 2006/11/13 Mon AM 09:24:40 CST
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Another nice Hetchins
>For those of you still reeling from the $7K Hetchins, and in need of
>some ballasting by reality: Ebay item 160048179834
>
>Superspecial or possibly a Nulli Secundus. Seems to have been subjected
>to a low-class respray, which is now pretty beat up. Starting bid seems
>a bit high, considering its condition. Still, someone could have a lot
>of fun turning this into a very pretty bike. Tempting, as it's arguably
>within my range of acceptable sizes, I'm only about sixty miles from the
>seller this week, and I'm allowed one more piece of luggage for the trip
>home...
>
>Steve Maas
>(Reporting from)
>Hitchin, Herts., UK