Just bought a pair. Thanks for the post
young family members have this in their car - it's all the rage with the surfer set but smells shocking & I refuse to be a passenger.
I remember the first time I saw that logo back as a kid in the 80s. Smart marketing there.
Yeah, when I was a kid growing up on the coast, we all used SexWax on our boards - they absolutely had a monopoly. It makes no sense at all, but was brilliant marketing.
The Ute was more a single body design1922 Ford Model T Pickup Truck:
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But apparently, Gottlieb Daimler developed a pickup truck in 1896: https://mercedesblog.com/gottlieb-daimler-built-the-worlds-first-truck-in-1896-how-did-it-look/
Maybe that Wikipedia entry on Australian inventions was written by an Australian
createdigital.org.au
I put the aircon on 23 degrees and so no sweat at all.
Not leather Dave just “leather look” if you could call it that. A strange material actually- almost neoprene to look and feel.
My Mercedes has pleather, which I assume contains no leather at all.
I find fabric seats have a grain or weave that fills with whatever is dropped and is hard to clean.
Is that because your a dry old bugga?
Actually I seem to recall them mention neoprene early on so you may be right on the money
