Hanging in the workshop of frame builder and enameller Rick Powell for many years, and as far as I know still there, was a very drab and dusty Dawes frame. When I eventually asked him who it belonged to, and why it was still there, he pulled from the seat tube and gave me a hand written note, which I still have. The frame was left for Rick one day when he wasn't there, and the owner left the note with it to tell Rick what needed to be done. It reads: Dawes, remove head badge, convert to curly, fit lamp bracket, gear hanger, and tangs to forks. Red flam. Harry Butler.
Needless to say Rick would have nothing to do with it (or any other of Harry's forgeries) and is still waiting for it to be collected. So obviously there was one man at least who thought a Dawes was well enough made to pass as a Hetchins. If anyone is interest in acquiring a Dawes Nearly Hetchins model I can enquire for them.
Peter Brown, Lincolnshire, England