the "correct smell" may be somewhat lost in an open car just like the "tunes"
from the radio.
jerry wall
BN6
Warthodson@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/12/2004 2:41:24 AM Central Standard Time, djjob@noos.fr
> writes:
>
> > maybe they still use full Connolly hides
> >
> Thanks for the information. I will try to pick up a copy of the Dec. issue of
> Classic &Sports car. I have been reading about leather tanning on the
> internet &one of the references mentioned the "demise of Connolly". Does
>anyone
> know
> for sure wheather Connolly is in or out of business? Most references mention
> vegetable tanning (I.E. oak bark) mineral tanning (alum &salt) &chrome
>tanning.
> This leads me to think that urine tanning was an older method predating these
> three. Just a guess. I still hope to be able to specify the type of leather
> that has the "correct" smell.
> Gary Hodson
> Bonner Springs, KS
>
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