DIY B3. Nearly spilt my tea reading this

[Micawber]

Not sure if this has been posted here before..

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-B-3...item2f2a6ff97e:g:OS8AAOSwqjhcSk3u:rk:183:pf:0

"wwii be jacket original 100%
As you can see from the first picture this jacket was full
it is original
the unstitched because I wanted to assemble well,
but then I have not finished the job in time,
the jacket is complete and there are all the pieces, but some are torn as you see from the photos,
medium size"

 

[Southoftheborder]

Someone I once knew bought a BSA A10 off of a friend of mine and then thought it could do with a rebuild. He got stuck in and stripped it down to its parts. But he found out that it was a bit harder to recondition the parts and put it all back together again. So he put the lot in a tea chest and stuck the frame and wheels on top and left in in the cellar. And a couple of years later sold the lot for fifty quid.

 

[MikeyB-17]

A B-3 in kit form! Perhaps this is a new niche market, self-assembly jackets!

 

[Micawber]

Move over Airfix!

 

[Bombing IP]

I think you need a special sewing machine to work on shearling ? . This could of halted the job ,but in its disassembled state I would put the value at $75.00 max not 250.00 pounds Sterling . Is this auction from one of our members in Poland ? .

BIP

 

[Southoftheborder]

Yes, you need an overstitching machine. If he had plenty of time he could have overstitched the panels by hand and then machine stitched the leather binding. That's a skilled job in itself.