dav3469
Active Member
Hello all. I am new to the forum. I discovered the site via FL, where I am also a newer member. I have been interested in Flight Jackets and gear for years. The vintage jackets I own are all nylon at the moment. I am hoping someone can shed some light of approximate date of manufacture for my L-2B project I am working on.
My best friend and I found this particular jacket 20'something years ago at a surplus store as I recall. He purchased it and took it home, as we believed it to be a 60's or earlier jacket. Since that time, in looking at other jackets, and information such as here on the forums, I think it may be earlier than 1960. It had been well used. No open tears, but some stains, and fray marks in various places. But we thought it gave it character. The knits were very loose, and barely there.
Shortly after getting it home my buddies mom, not knowing better, threw it in the wash without telling him. When it came out the knits were toast. He kept the jacket, hoping to find some repro or NOS knits. Years went by with nothing being done.
Eventually we did a swap for some item I cannot remember. I made one attempt to get the jacket repaired, but the seamstress I went with sat on it for a year, and only started on one cuff, then lost the rest of the repro knits....
Anyway, I just purchased a set of repro knits from Vintage Productions (MASH kit) and hope to have it repaired in the next couple weeks. Here are some pictures.
Is there a way to determine year of manufacture? Thanks for any ideas.
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My best friend and I found this particular jacket 20'something years ago at a surplus store as I recall. He purchased it and took it home, as we believed it to be a 60's or earlier jacket. Since that time, in looking at other jackets, and information such as here on the forums, I think it may be earlier than 1960. It had been well used. No open tears, but some stains, and fray marks in various places. But we thought it gave it character. The knits were very loose, and barely there.
Shortly after getting it home my buddies mom, not knowing better, threw it in the wash without telling him. When it came out the knits were toast. He kept the jacket, hoping to find some repro or NOS knits. Years went by with nothing being done.
Eventually we did a swap for some item I cannot remember. I made one attempt to get the jacket repaired, but the seamstress I went with sat on it for a year, and only started on one cuff, then lost the rest of the repro knits....
Anyway, I just purchased a set of repro knits from Vintage Productions (MASH kit) and hope to have it repaired in the next couple weeks. Here are some pictures.
Is there a way to determine year of manufacture? Thanks for any ideas.
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