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