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Flashback: Animal Print Dashboard Covers

May 3, 2013 by Nadeem

The Hog Ring - Auto Upholstery Community - Upholster Your Dashboard Popular Science 1951

Was there ever a time when professional auto upholsterers didn’t have to contend with cheap aftermarket products? This ad appeared in a September, 1951 issue of Popular Science magazine.

It makes me wonder… were pimps really reading Popular Science in the 1950’s? (Just kidding, tacky was in style back then!)

[via Modern Mechanix]

Filed Under: Archive, Industry History Tagged With: Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, Dashboard Cover, Popular Science

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