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November 10, 2012 By Nadeem Muaddi

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Read our article "Why Are Detroit Books So Hard to Find?" in this month's issue of DLT News. We decided to contact Detroit Body Products, which publishes the Detroit Book, as well as De Leo Textiles, which produced the comparable "Lion Book" up until 2009, to find out why so few are available. … [Read more...] about Read The Hog Ring in DLT News

Why Are Detroit Books So Hard to Find?

March 21, 2012 By Nadeem Muaddi

One of the questions that we often hear auto trimmers ask is: “Why are Detroit Books so hard to find?” Seeing as upholstery shops need them to order original automotive fabrics and suppliers rely on them to market their goods, it seems almost counter intuitive that they’re not so readily available. We decided to contact Detroit Body Products, which publishes the Detroit … [Read more...] about Why Are Detroit Books So Hard to Find?

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