Comments on: AUTO BODIES MADE OF FABRIC END SQUEAKS AND RATTLES http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: anders http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047487 anders Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:07:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047487 Hi The car is a 1924 packard vith a body made of meritas ( http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fabric/fabric.htm ) Hi
The car is a 1924 packard vith a body made of meritas ( http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fabric/fabric.htm )

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047359 Stannous Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:38:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047359 Jerry- I'm pretty sure you're right about Weymann. thanks for link, a fascinating bit of history that I'd never heard about before. Jerry-
I’m pretty sure you’re right about Weymann.
thanks for link, a fascinating bit of history that I’d never heard about before.

]]> By: Neil Russell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047358 Neil Russell Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:59:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047358 I haven't researched, so if I'm wrong I'll accept it gracefully! But I seem to remember Brunn company made a number of fabric covered cars. Dope impregnated fabric was widely used in aircraft and would seem like a natural for automobiles. Carmakers didn't give up wood as a body structural component until the mid 1930s. And again, off the top of my head (you have to be careful in this age of Google) I believe Fuller's Dymaxion car had a fabric covering I haven’t researched, so if I’m wrong I’ll accept it gracefully! But I seem to remember Brunn company made a number of fabric covered cars. Dope impregnated fabric was widely used in aircraft and would seem like a natural for automobiles.
Carmakers didn’t give up wood as a body structural component until the mid 1930s.

And again, off the top of my head (you have to be careful in this age of Google) I believe Fuller’s Dymaxion car had a fabric covering

]]> By: Jerry http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047341 Jerry Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:16:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047341 It was probably the Weymann flexible fabric body, which had a brief popularity in the 1920s, and were used on several different makes of light cars in France and England. (See more at http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/w/weymann/weymann.htm). They were leather stretched over cotton wadding and a wood frame. Unfortunately, after prolonged exposure to the elements, Weymann bodies split open and the cotton started coming out. It was probably the Weymann flexible fabric body, which had a brief popularity in the 1920s, and were used on several different makes of light cars in France and England. (See more at http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/.....eymann.htm). They were leather stretched over cotton wadding and a wood frame. Unfortunately, after prolonged exposure to the elements, Weymann bodies split open and the cotton started coming out.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047327 Stannous Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:58:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047327 It might have been 'fiber-grass' such as was used by Henry Ford to make his Hemp Car in 1941: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxlj6fgQ-ZU It might have been ‘fiber-grass’ such as was used by Henry Ford to make his Hemp Car in 1941:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxlj6fgQ-ZU

]]> By: Mike Brisendine http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047322 Mike Brisendine Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:20:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/23/auto-bodies-made-of-fabric-end-squeaks-and-rattles/#comment-1047322 I wonder what French auto this was and what sort of fabic was used? Doesn't seem to be practical, especially if the car became infested with moths. Maybe it was an early form of fiberglass? I wonder what French auto this was and what sort of fabic was used? Doesn’t seem to be practical, especially if the car became infested with moths. Maybe it was an early form of fiberglass?

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