What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[Micawber]

Back in the late '70's a friend had a blue fastback Mustang that had seen too many UK winters and salted roads and had not faired well. The body on that thing was more filler than steel, I remember the door mirror parted company with the door once taking a big chunk of filler backed with perforated zinc with it. His next toy was a blue '68 Charger and being an import came with no filler but deadly steering. He spent a lot of money on the engine, transmission, brakes, steering etc and generally drove it like a granny.

 

[Griffon_301]

sufficiently cold today to take the 1942 pattern ELC Irvin out for a spin to the city and my fav antiques bookstore there to wish everyone there a happy new year ...

 

[Pa12]

And the bad guys drove a BELOVED Charger with a such desired 440 engine . One of the best looking car.. Cant do ther as A MOPaR guy lol

Actually, I read that bill Hickman ( driving the charger) was constantly backing off to let the mustang catch up

 

[Pa12]

Back in the late '70's a friend had a blue fastback Mustang that had seen too many UK winters and salted roads and had not faired well. The body on that thing was more filler than steel, I remember the door mirror parted company with the door once taking a big chunk of filler backed with perforated zinc with it. His next toy was a blue '68 Charger and being an import came with no filler but deadly steering. He spent a lot of money on the engine, transmission, brakes, steering etc and generally drove it like a granny.

Aside from the southwest, they all went that way. There’s very little of the original body on mine. But all steel. Replacement body parts are actually far superior to originals. While all the North American cars were known for rust in that era, ford was the worst. Lots of law suits etc. we used to say “buy a ford and watch it rust”. But the old muscle cars were not sport cars. No more handling qualities then your average family car. Reputations were won and lost on the quarter mile. Straight ahead with gobs of power.

 

[Jorgeenriqueaguilera]

Jacket season in Florida.
Original J.A. Dubow 23379

 

[Wz1999]

Just picked it up at a local antique shop for 48 dollars.

 

[Jorgeenriqueaguilera]

Just picked it up at a local antique shop for 48 dollars.


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Deal of the week here!

 

[Silver Surfer]

old is new is old. soooo...this jacket was custom made by our own Steve Sellers. it is the result of a project that I had in mind for making a dead on reproduction of an aero 38-1711p a-2 jacket. I repurposed hides [hh moo?] from a 1950s couch that my wife wanted to toss. the zipper is an original 1935-36 talon rivet type. the label is from an original pair of 1940 aero shearling pants. the snaps, liner, and knit elements were sourced new. it would seem that aero, and other manufactures were modifying their a-2 designs during the later 1930s, and early 1940s. during the course of a-2 evolution, buttoned pockets complicated rivet zippers, collar stands, sewn in collar clips, and top stitching both sides of the sleeves were eventually eliminated. the 1711p contract had all of the above but buttoned pockets, the 1711p contract was awarded to aero in 1937 for 1500 jackets

 

[Lorenzo_l]

old is new is old. soooo...this jacket was custom made by our own Steve Sellers. it is the result of a project that I had in mind for making a dead on reproduction of an aero 38-1711p a-2 jacket. I repurposed hides [hh moo?] from a 1950s couch that my wife wanted to toss. the zipper is an original 1935-36 talon rivet type. the label is from an original pair of 1940 aero shearling pants. the snaps, liner, and knit elements were sourced new. it would seem that aero, and other manufactures were modifying their a-2 designs during the later 1930s, and early 1940s. during the course of a-2 evolution, buttoned pockets complicated rivet zippers, collar stands, sewn in collar clips, and top stitching both sides of the sleeves were eventually eliminated. the 1711p contract had all of the above but buttoned pockets, the 1711p contract was awarded to aero in 1937 for 1500 jackets View attachment 92427View attachment 92429View attachment 92431View attachment 92433View attachment 92435View attachment 92437View attachment 92439View attachment 92441View attachment 92443View attachment 92425

Wow. That is a unique repro in more ways than one. For one thing, it's a one-off specimen and It's the first repro of the 38-1711contract that I am aware of. It's an A-2 made by S. Sellers and the hides were provided by the person who commissioned the jacket. And it looks awesome to boot!
Wear it in good health, Vic!

 

[Micawber]

That's a bit special Vic. Very nice.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Thank you, gents

 

[mulceber]

Man, that is a nice repro - thanks for sharing, Vic.

 

[B-Man2]

First off … a brilliant idea and an absolutely gorgeous jacket Vic . The way you sourced all of the materials and turned a leather sofa into a jacket…… just brilliant .
Secondly ……. Steve Sellers is a wizard !
He put together one of the nicest A2’s we’ve seen in lately . Great work Steve!

Congrats to both of you guys .
PS
Vic I would love to see this jacket again in a year or two after it gets some wear on it .

 

[ES335]

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My mustang in hibernation

It's a beautiful car ! the fastback of the late 1960's are the most beautiful mustang in my opinion.

I may be talking nonsense, correct me if I am, but it seems to me that in competition, many American cars don't use "big blocks" but rather modified mid-size engines which are indeed lighter (and sometimes partly in aluminum).

Nothing like high speed understeer from too much weight in the front end. That'll get your attention fast...

 

[ES335]

Aside from the southwest, they all went that way. There’s very little of the original body on mine. But all steel. Replacement body parts are actually far superior to originals. While all the North American cars were known for rust in that era, ford was the worst. Lots of law suits etc. we used to say “buy a ford and watch it rust”. But the old muscle cars were not sport cars. No more handling qualities then your average family car. Reputations were won and lost on the quarter mile. Straight ahead with gobs of power.

My '69 Pontiac GTO was exactly the same. Pushing that beast through the twisty turnies was a total gamble where losing might mean getting aquainted with the woods. High speed breaking too it sure as hell wasn't a Porsche. Expensive problems seemed to go from front to rear... Put loads of money into the engine, broke the transmission. Then broke U-joints. Fixed those, then twisted and broke the driveshaft. Fixed that, then broke the differential ring and pinion. Aaaaanyway... Loved that car. Those were the days LOL!

 

[Happy Hooligan]

Army vs Navy today. Both Buzz. The B-15 was a xmas gift and was the one just posted 2 weeks ago in the for sale section. Huge hit!

 

[Smithy]

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My mustang in hibernation

Hell's bells, that's beautiful!!!!

 

[Pa12]

My '69 Pontiac GTO was exactly the same. Pushing that beast through the twisty turnies was a total gamble where losing might mean getting aquainted with the woods. High speed breaking too it sure as hell wasn't a Porsche. Expensive problems seemed to go from front to rear... Put loads of money into the engine, broke the transmission. Then broke U-joints. Fixed those, then twisted and broke the driveshaft. Fixed that, then broke the differential ring and pinion. Aaaaanyway... Loved that car. Those were the days LOL!

Thank god for Japanese cars

 

[ES335]

Right?! LOL But try putting 500-600 foot pounds of torque though a Japanese monocoupe ride. Handling superior, no doubt. Braking- same. But I watched 240Zs pop the rear window at the mere sight of an unmodded small block Chevy. But, back to the OP's topic...

 

[Pa12]

Right?! LOL But try putting 500-600 foot pounds of torque though a Japanese monocoupe ride. Handling superior, no doubt. Braking- same. But I watched 240Zs pop the rear window at the mere sight of an unmodded small block Chevy. But, back to the OP's topic...

As cars keep advancing, we’re losing or forgetting what it used to be like. Pretty crude by today’s standard. I think a young driver jumping in a 60’s North American “boat”would be in for a real eye opener. Especially when they stomp the brake pedal and swap ends