Cotton
Published on 3 February 2022![](https://www.bartholland.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MB-300SL-kabelboom.jpeg)
The electric cables in motor-cars from the beginning of the last century were braided with a cotton sheath. Just like in the houses of that time. (BMW 327, construction year 1938) The cotton dried and pulverized over time and this meant a short circuit and a fire hazard. Plastic was not invented until the 1930s, but it took a long time be...