"The customer got what he wanted," was Alf's motto in the 1960s and 70s, and the number of models was prolific. By the mid-80s, however, radical simplification was required to reduce production costs and stay in business. Accordingly, the 1987 catalog offered only three models. The Novus Ductor was the plainest of the three (the others being the MO and Scorpion Bonum). The Novus Ductor differed little from the MO; the same tangs were brazed onto the same lug blanks. But the ND was notably plainer on the bottom bracket shell, and had shorter tangs on the fork crown and brake bridge. Only the Scorpion Bonum was really different, having Spyder lugs. Few Novus Ductors were made; people who have saved up to buy a Hetchins usually go for the Full Monty.

Head & seat lugs differ little from the MO.

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