Sorry, Larry, I did not mean to offend. Sounds like crackle paint commonly used for valve covers on car engines.
You're right, the upkeep on a texturized finish would have been ridiculous. I have a hetchins with a 2 tone blue paint job and it's lovely..
http://www.flickr.com/
Where in Scotland ? I've ridden up around Loch Katrine and Crianlargh, north of Glasgow in the hill country. Very pretty.
Rgds markp
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From: Larry Hakim [mailto:larryhakim@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:56 PM To: Mark Petry; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: RE: [CR]Worst Colour for a Classic Bike ....
Mark, I encountered the bike on a "club ride" in Scotland in '73. I was so intriqued with it's finish that I pestered the owner w/ a ton questions about. It was indeed the original finish and it was "intentional". Somehow it seemed really appropriate to see such an "eccentric" finish on a Hetchins. However your question reminds me that the upkeep on such a finish (not to mention a re-finish) would be a real headache because it was such a visually "busy" finish. BTW, I was so out of shape on that ride what I mostly saw of the Hetchins was its tail end especially on the harder climbs!
Larry Hakim
Oxford, MS USA
> From: mark@petry.org
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:03:51 -0700
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> Larry - your description begs the question - could that brown crackle
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> One of THE coolest finishes I've ever seen on ANY bike was an original
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