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

[Spitfireace]

Disc brakes were optional on Mustangs until 1972 when they became standard. So unless you specifically asked for it, your muscle car might not be stopping so fast with drum brakes. As you say also not in a straight line. I had a 71 Mach 1, it was the base model. 302 2 bbl, 3 speed, drum drakes. Had plans for it but ran out of money with too many problems. One was floor pans needed replacing. I did a temporary fiberglass patching. This is in BC, in Ontario there would have been nothing left of the car. I really loved that car, but back when I sold it in the mid-nineties it wasn't really worth the kind of money it would have taken to get it up to the sort of resto mod they do now. Visibility out of those fastbacks made them kind of dangerous to drive as the slanted roof small window angle made it hard to see who is in the lane next to you. I see yours didn't come with a passenger side mirror, which helped on mine.

 

[ZuZu]

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!


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Nice picture! Happy with fine jackets! I find the N-1 craze pretty funny- and weird in a way- as not so long ago those were easy to find and cheap- I wore an original one as a carpenter for quite a while. Much more than A-2s, G-1s and nylon those were available- even in the early 2000's. Wish I'd kept mine.

 

[Spitfireace]

At one point all those jackets were cheap and easy to find. I recall an old ad for Aero Government issue surplus A-2 jackets for 6 dollars. What happened to those? Oh ya, they are three thousand dollars now.

 

[Nickb123]

 

[ties70]

From the „Elevator Series“:

 

[saucerfiend]

From the „Elevator Series“:

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That really looks nice!

 

[B-Man2]

From the „Elevator Series“:

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Definitely one of the best I’ve seen from 5 Star !
Looks great Ties .

 

[Micawber]

From the „Elevator Series“:

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You could have said "from inside the giant refrigerator series'...

 

[flyincowboy]

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 the colour is AWESOME ! nice jacket!

 

[flyincowboy]

From the „Elevator Series“:

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Wow stunning jacket! wondering about the reinforcement panels are they pull up horsehide?

 

[ties70]

Wow stunning jacket! wondering about the reinforcement panels are they pull up horsehide?

Fred,

They are HH Visky Crunch.

 

[flyincowboy]

Fred,

They are HH Visky Crunch.

Definitely a VERY good looking jacket

 

[bseal]

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

The Silver Couch Surfer.

 

[Wz1999]

65 degree Fahrenheit today
Original 27752

 

[mulceber]

65 degree Fahrenheit today
Original 27752
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I can't recall - did you post a thread in the vintage section about this one? If not, it would be great to see more photos.

 

[Wz1999]

I can't recall - did you post a thread in the vintage section about this one? If not, it would be great to see more photos.

I did not, but here are some pics I took a couple weeks ago after received it from Rob ( Tattoo A2)

 

[Dany McDonald]

Nice mild gray dull winter day that I decided to brighten with an original USN NXsx 79062 N-1 in good condition overall. Zipper will need some love. Sorry for the crappy image, not a lot of light to work with. The jacket was manufactured by Cornelius Weiss Co, Brooklyn, NY around 44/45.

I was itching for an original ever since I got a Buzz reproduction. The fit is okay as long as I don't layer too thick. I will say that Buzz really did a good job with their N-1, at least the one I have. Beside the weird label that says Medium instead of Size 40... I should post a side by side comparison.

Here's my original. The toque is US NAVY 40's Watch Cap from MASH.

Dany

 

[B-Man2]

Nice mild gray dull winter day that I decided to brighten with an original USN NXsx 79062 N-1 in good condition overall. Zipper will need some love. Sorry for the crappy image, not a lot of light to work with. The jacket was manufactured by Cornelius Weiss Co, Brooklyn, NY around 44/45.

I was itching for an original ever since I got a Buzz reproduction. The fit is okay as long as I don't layer too thick. I will say that Buzz really did a good job with their N-1, at least the one I have. Beside the weird label that says Medium instead of Size 40... I should post a side by side comparison.

Here's my original. The toque is US NAVY 40's Watch Cap from MASH.

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Dany

Dany
Would love to see and read about a side by side comparison of the two jackets. I have a Buzz and as you said, they did a nice job with their repro, but I always wondered how different an original would be compared to the Buzz . If you have some time maybe you could just post a few comparison photos .
Thanks .
The jacket looks great on you .

 

[Dany McDonald]

Would love to see and read about a side by side comparison of the two jackets

Burt,

I will try to take photos and stitch something as soon as the sun comes out... The forecast is gray skies for now.

Dany

 

[John Luder]

Goodwear 1939 Werber today for me
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Very nice colo(u)r.