Re: [CR] corsa Cambio Camp. 1940-50s/ note the drillium seat!

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From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de>
Subject: Re: [CR] corsa Cambio Camp. 1940-50s/ note the drillium seat!
To: Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 00:10:35 +0200
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Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com> schrieb:
>Maybe I've lead a sheltered life, but I've never seen
>a leather seat that's been drilled. Did these come
>from the factory this way, or was this some owner's
>handywork? Surely it can't date to the 1940-50s.

you surely did :) my 1959 "Schruba" retailers catalogue shows several saddles with the very same drilling pattern. Whether it was common in the 40ies, i don't know - maybe a view in Brooks catalogue archive might shed light on it?

Martin Appel who had his virgin ride today on his 1920s Peugeot near Munich, Germany