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I'm not sure what Eckler's relationship with Cartouche is. If they own it, they already have a brand that they could improve on. It's listed as a Mac's divisional company. If it is a subcontractor then I can see why they might want LB but I don't know.

Corporate run companies like Eckler's tend to only concentrate on the core business products that make the most profit. LB never offered upholstery for any of the plain mid century Mercs (49-51). They only offered it for the convertibe models which are completely different that the sedans & coupes. They had a decent list of Ford models but there are more of them out there than the Mercs. I'm concerned that any corporate owner would continue that and possible even discontinue some of the original offerings since they weren't big money producers. At least SMS had the materials I needed when I had to sew my own stuff. From what I've seen on their web-site, they no longer offer that material. What happens now is a Big Mystery.