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  1. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Can someone please furnish me with some people/names I can get a or a couple,of leather hides' from.
    Thanx
     
  2. Horse

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    Whom. ;)

    Gleggy.
     
  3. kena

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    Simon, Don't they have stray cows in FNQ anymore.
     
  4. greg246

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  5. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    He's getting his done down there,I have a great bloke up here,old skool..ie he doesn't look at the brand of car when he quotes or does jobs.
     
  6. simon klein

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  7. kerrari

    kerrari Two Time F1 World Champ
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    I don't think there's any such thing as Aussie leather any more... production is too toxic...
    Do as Horse suggested; and don't be tempted to use split or bonded or 'corrected grain' - they're all rubbish.
     
  8. greg246

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    Your car is too valuable now not to source the leather from these guys!
     
  9. kimbo 308

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    Leffler's in Melbourne.


    Australian importers for Connolly leather.(Now available again)

    http://www.connollyleather.com.au/)




    Kimbo
     
  10. IanB

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    Remember Simon, you need VM leather for your car. Modern dyed hides look quite different.
     
  11. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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  12. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    thanx Ian,I'll put that with the sample.
     
  13. daytonaman

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    Ian what's the difference between VM and Autolux ?
    Is it pattern or method ?
    Or ??
     
  14. wrxmike

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    The Vaumol finish is a surface dyed color and it was used in most Ferraris through the 512BBi. The V8 production used the Autolux finish which is vat dyed on a thinner leather.

    Leather Colors

    M
     
  15. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Leather samples sent to Lefflers today,hoping we'll get the job finished in time for the FNR....

    .....this year.

    50th anniversary of my OFEOHOS this year.
     
  16. XTREMEIND

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  17. Gleggy

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    #17 Gleggy, Mar 11, 2014
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    Leffler's were excellent. I got five hides for the Boxer and the 4402 #leather, matched colour and grain on the factory swatches I have.
    Be careful though, once you start you may be opening a can of worms.
    the seats I had were completely shot. Webbing, foam, etc, stuffed. They were stripped to the bare frames, one frame was cracked, new "Daytona" strips obtained, they were repaired powder coated and rebuilt. The alloy side strips needed attention, they were repaired re-anodised.
    Not a cheap exercise, but do you hand over thousands of dollars of "matched" hides to someone that "might" be able to do it, to save $500. No thanks.
    Here are the results
    Horse, are you sure Klink wont just skin the nearest FNQ brumby.
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  18. Horse

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    Skin or root?

    :D
     
  19. simon klein

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    #19 simon klein, Mar 11, 2014
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    My seats were taken apart, re-cushioned and webbed by the same bloke back in early '09,before the leather started falling apart.
    Dunno why the,all-of-a-sudden,degradation happened......something to do with spirited driving..............perhaps............................you know,the reason they were designed for.











































    .............not sitting outside a latte joint on Lygon street.
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  20. Gleggy

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    Was it something you ate??
     
  21. kerrari

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    Unfortunately I think it's a direct result of 3 years pretty much unused in a shed... I was shattered by the degradation my cars suffered over the 2.5 yrs they were in storage. Fortunately both foster carers (together with my bank account :rolleyes: ) are getting them back in order.
     
  22. kerrari

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    Wow! They look fabulous - can't wait to see the finished car.
     
  23. simon klein

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  24. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
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