Anyone heard of a car with leather body panels?

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Orkney
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Anyone heard of a car with leather body panels?

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not a Mog i dont think anyway.
Judges reappearance reminded me (maybe he should change his username to brigadoon 8) )
Was chatting to one of the vintage buffers the other day - says you know whathisname - he's got a vintage car with leather bodywork panels.

So anyone heard of such a thing ? I'm going to find out more but google hasnt come up with anything. Thing is it does ring a bell so until i see it for myself not going to discount it.
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Post by Kevin »

Yes I am sure I have seen a variety of fabric bodied cars over the years from the pre war era you could try something like
http://www.vscc.co.uk/vsccweb/
or
http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/
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Post by jonathon »

A friend of mine has an Austin 7 with a French coach build body, which has leather and cloth panel work over timber frames. :o :wink:

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Post by dalebrignall »

i think there was a humber that had leather on the outside of the metal work might be wrong
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Re: Anyone heard of a car with leather body panels?

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Orkney wrote:Was chatting to one of the vintage buffers the other day - says you know whathisname - he's got a vintage car with leather bodywork panels.
Do you mean this one?
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Post by Orkney »

Well flippin eck !!! that might well be it !!!
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Post by Sidney'61 »

What I find more impressive than the leather ones was the old Bugattis with the wicker body, now they look interesting!
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Post by rayofleamington »

the old Bugattis with the wicker body
a few of mine are basket cases too...
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Re: Anyone heard of a car with leather body panels?

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alex_holden wrote:
Orkney wrote:Was chatting to one of the vintage buffers the other day - says you know whathisname - he's got a vintage car with leather bodywork panels.
Do you mean this one?
No that's fabric like a lot of 20s/30s cars, it is quite thin like vinyl.
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