AERO Motorcycle Jacket, early example?

[havocpaul]

I have just bought this Aero Leather Clothing bike jacket at a local boot fair and would like to date it, it is steerhide, the main zip is a 'Clix' type, it has heavy blue cotton lining and in one pocket I found a metal badge for the Le Mans 24 Hour 1985. I was thinking it could be a fairly early Aero...any ideas?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/havocpaul/?saved=1

Just noticed the pckets are lined in tartan material....

 

[Vcruiser]

I have just bought this Aero Leather Clothing bike jacket at a local boot fair and would like to date it, it is steerhide, the main zip is a 'Clix' type, it has heavy blue cotton lining and in one pocket I found a metal badge for the Le Mans 24 Hour 1985. I was thinking it could be a fairly early Aero...any ideas?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/havocpaul/?saved=1

Just noticed the pckets are lined in tartan material....

It is certainly an early Aero...with an early Aero label (I think... their first label)!
Van

 

[havocpaul]

Thanks Van, I thought it must be one of their earliest.

 

[MikeyB-17]

Bung Aero an Email, they're the boys to ask! Love the jacket, why don't I ever find stuff like that?

 

[havocpaul]

I've e-mailed them so will see what they say. You got to get up really early to grab these bargains!

 

[John Lever]

Like the Devon RAF jacket

 

[deeb7]

Great jackets, short in the front, but long enough at the back. It certainly pre dates mine, which was born C1995 with the coloured label, and a zipper marked ailee.

There was also an early gilt on leather version of the label ... I don't know where that fits in.

 

[havocpaul]

Just had a short reply from Amanda at Aero...

"This would have been made around 1983..."

So must be one of their first batch and maybe quite rare now.

 

[HHjackets]

here is another early one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Authentic ... 3a5e9e05c4

 

[havocpaul]

Hope he has better luck shifting his, mine has had dozens of watchers but no bites, so much for the Japs in particular collecting early examples!

 

[John Lever]

Paul, I find if you show an ebay item listing here you will have very many forum members watching it purely for the sake of interest.

 

[havocpaul]

I thought that, its first listing ended up having 27 watchers!! Still, it shows there are fewer collectors of Aero than it first appeared, I do get a little tired of those that wait for a listing to end and then e-mail a stupid offer...they get ignored!