Cotton

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 before wiring insulation could be made from plastic.



(Pontiac, construction year 1953)

Bart Holland uses electrical cables with two sheaths for restorations: the inner sheath of plastic and the outer sheath of cotton.
As original, but above all safe.



(Mercedes 300SL, construction year 1955)


(Cadillac, construction year 1956)