Very nice and hard-to-find. The rear derailleur is a Huret Svelto. I've got a Svelto on my '63 Grubb. You can judge the era of the Hetchins by measuring the over locknut distance (at the dropouts). If it is 114mm, then late '40's early 50's. If 120mm, then late '50's-early '60's. If it is early-mid-'50's, then the shifter boss on down-tube for the front derailleur may have been ordered as an extra by the buyer. I did not know anything about the history of Hetchins. Thanks for that. Are you going to tear all the kit off of it and have it professionally re-painted?
Im suprised there isn't no vidioes of the old carrier ' cargo bikes ' the type every corner shop seemed to have had in the 60s 70s ' some people called them the butchers bike 🤷♂️
Very nice and hard-to-find. The rear derailleur is a Huret Svelto. I've got a Svelto on my '63 Grubb. You can judge the era of the Hetchins by measuring the over locknut distance (at the dropouts). If it is 114mm, then late '40's early 50's. If 120mm, then late '50's-early '60's.
If it is early-mid-'50's, then the shifter boss on down-tube for the front derailleur may have been ordered as an extra by the buyer.
I did not know anything about the history of Hetchins. Thanks for that. Are you going to tear all the kit off of it and have it professionally re-painted?
Im suprised there isn't no vidioes of the old carrier ' cargo bikes ' the type every corner shop seemed to have had in the 60s 70s ' some people called them the butchers bike 🤷♂️