rob20uk
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I thought I would do a quick post to show some before and after pictures of a cooper military-issued G-1 that I had restored/modified.
From what I can tell this was picked up in San Diego and is an original G1 which has been issued to a US Navy flyer, the label bears the name Estes and service number 4339 and it has stitching where two breast insignia have been removed. This is a D-series G1 jacket, made in 1996 in the USA by Cooper Sportswear.
I originally got this jacket on eBay at a bargain price and after wearing it decided it was so comfortable I thought I would make it a little less grubby.
The zip was sticking so I ordered a NOS zip from MASH over in japan, I also am pretty sure I got the knits from MASH as well. I also got some additional buttons. I then found a Cooper Sportswear G-1 on eBay that was for the civilian market that had a mountain collar that was in fantastic condition so I decided to swap out the crappy synthetic one for a real one. And yes it was properly a fairly expensive way to modify a G-1 but I enjoyed the process and out of the three G-1s I have I like the fit of this one the most.
All the bits and jackets were sent off to Donna and after a long wait, this is the magic she worked. So on to the before and after pictures
Before
After
I thought I would do a quick post to show some before and after pictures of a cooper military-issued G-1 that I had restored/modified.
From what I can tell this was picked up in San Diego and is an original G1 which has been issued to a US Navy flyer, the label bears the name Estes and service number 4339 and it has stitching where two breast insignia have been removed. This is a D-series G1 jacket, made in 1996 in the USA by Cooper Sportswear.
I originally got this jacket on eBay at a bargain price and after wearing it decided it was so comfortable I thought I would make it a little less grubby.
The zip was sticking so I ordered a NOS zip from MASH over in japan, I also am pretty sure I got the knits from MASH as well. I also got some additional buttons. I then found a Cooper Sportswear G-1 on eBay that was for the civilian market that had a mountain collar that was in fantastic condition so I decided to swap out the crappy synthetic one for a real one. And yes it was properly a fairly expensive way to modify a G-1 but I enjoyed the process and out of the three G-1s I have I like the fit of this one the most.
All the bits and jackets were sent off to Donna and after a long wait, this is the magic she worked. So on to the before and after pictures
Before
After