I've got an early 230, #1946, with black leather seats. These are the early straight sided seats. At PUB a couple of people commented that the seats were not original, not in their shape but in their finish. In particular, the leather for the center pleats is smooth surfaced on mine, not dot patterned. As far as I know these are the original seats, but it's certainly possible they were swapped or recovered at some point. But I also know that these very early 230s are different in many ways that seem incorrect to most observers.
So my question is whether very early 230s had smooth leather pleats, or dot patterned pleats? If anyone has a photo of an early original car showing smooth leather pleats, that woudl be incredible.
Thanks in advance.
Peter