This debate came up yesterday once more with a fellow CR Member by email as there are two Hetchins frames on Ebay from the mid 1980s, and the other member proposed to me in his humble opinion that any Hetchins produced once Hetchins was purchased by Bob Jackson, and later, and not produced under the watchful eye of the hetchins family is really not a true Hetchins. I see the poiint and it might be valid, but I'm on the fence as to whether I agree. As Mercedes or whoever bought Chrysler a few years ago, now are they a Chrysler or a Mercedes.
From a common sense point, atleast in my way of thinking, if the company is sold from one entity to another, the company retains it's lineage in a proper way. If however Hetchins had been defunct for a number of years and someone started producing frames under the name and logo, but had not purchased the rights to produce the brand from the prior owner, then the lineage is broken & suspect at best.
Opinions anyone !!
Peter Naiman
Glendale, WI