The quality of leathers used today is inferior to to those used in the past
- mainly for cost reasons. Compare the leather in a Mk II Jag with the
'leather' in modern cars. No comparison. Hides nowadays are sliced so they
can get about four or five slices from one hide, they then have to press
the 'grain' back in by machine.
Derek
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Greg Lemon <glemon@neb.rr.com> wrote:
> My last three cars have all been restored to one degree or another, at
> least to the degree that the original smell has left the interior
> completely, I loved that musty smell on my then not so old british cars I
> drove 30 years ago, 'specially on a cool damp fall day mixed with the smell
> of fallen leaves, best driving weather after the heat of summer is gone,
> note to self, next car should be a well preserved example with the right
> smell.
>
> Of course the much of the musty interior smell probably came from damp
> carpets which meant trapped moisture which caused the rust that ate most of
> these cars up eventually.....
>
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