Hello,

This is my first post, so please bear with me.

My father gave me what I always assumed was a wonderful sought-after Hetchins bicycle, which I dissembled and resprayed into a lovely dark purple (I know, I know... I shouldn't have resprayed the original coat!). Fast forward a couple of years, I'm now moving house and deciding whether or not to sell the frame. This is when I contacted a Hetchins specialist to confirm the model and year, who informed me that the previous owner (before my father... unless he is lying to me!) most probably stuck a Hetchins badge on a random frame. The blasphemy!

The serial number on the steering tube is 1147. I'm now trying to work out the manufacturer/model of the frame. Can anyone help?

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