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W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Douglas on May 18, 2005, 13:14:43

Title: Here's where our leather is from
Post by: Douglas on May 18, 2005, 13:14:43

The original Roser leather factory:

http://www.griese-es.de/esslingen/0506.jpg

I guess the MB Tex-covered "cows" were at a different site.


Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220 :)

Title: Re: Here's where our leather is from
Post by: Mike Hughes on May 18, 2005, 15:45:25

I understood that the "Tex" came from a specially bred naugha herd developed by descendants of some German immigants who settled in Texas after the Civil War.

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
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