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Old 05-14-11 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Velognome
Is a 2011 Hetchins with 531 tubes, curly stays and Credo lugs not a Classic?
No, that's what they call "retro" (at best) or "pseudo"*.

*I think we can use both "retro" and "pseudo" as an adjectives in their own right. If you consider them prefixes that have to be attached to another word, whether adjective, noun, adverb, or whatever, please feel free to supply one for whatever you think Hetchins is. Your choice.
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