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you got it sailor, but it'll cost you extraWould it be possible to see the inside side (the hairy part), where those vented triangles are?
LOL! Just realized how wrong that sounded!you got it sailor, but it'll cost you extra
Exactly what I needed. Thank you sir!Haha - here's one of the reverse of the vent of the jacket I posted earlier and a better one of the outside:
This might also be useful - a couple of shots of an old parted jacket which should give you an indication of how the vent panels are attached etc
It is a nice jacket BTW and well done on your restoration work.
Bravo! well done repair job!Thanks Andrew, it's far from mint but I really love it and just needed a bit of TLC than restoration really. Still got a few little bits to finish but I hope to get some wear out of it soon as the cold weather advances! It's a shame about the way the replacement bucket collector lines up as I would've liked it to be deeper into the seam, but that seems to be the way it was and fitted. I really don't want to unpick all the original stitching and move the zip webbing unless I really have to. Here's a pic of the condition of the main zip when I obtained the jacket - really odd bit of damage!
Nice and very well made gear!Not an Irvin but Irvin-related and hopefully of interest, here's an item made by the Irving Airchute Company that I hadn't seen before:
http://www.germanmilitaria.com/OtherNations/photos/C060075.html
And next to them on the website are these and it's interesting to see the "Teddy" liner that I knew that aircrew wore but I'd never seen one before either. Looks toasty. Hopefully it was!
http://www.germanmilitaria.com/OtherNations/photos/C037577.html