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Seller was very responsive last night. No loose seams. That’s good. But she said it does need some airing out. That scares me a bit.

I didn’t ask about measurements as the posted ones probably would work for me, if a bit short.
 

tmitchell59

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tmitchell59

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Closed a deal last night, something coming form Northern California. I found it by accident while doing jacket research. I followed a link to a thread here. The particular post was over a year old, but I followed the link to harvest some pictures. When I got to the link it was an ebay auction and the jacket was unsold! Fixed price with a BIN.

I tossed and turned but made the offer and got the jacket.

As they come in the door, others must leave. I'm in anticipation mode.
 

dannyk

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Closed a deal last night, something coming form Northern California. I found it by accident while doing jacket research. I followed a link to a thread here. The particular post was over a year old, but I followed the link to harvest some pictures. When I got to the link it was an ebay auction and the jacket was unsold! Fixed price with a BIN.

I tossed and turned but made the offer and got the jacket.

As they come in the door, others must leave. I'm in anticipation mode.
Cant wait to see whats next!
 

Claybertrand

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Closed a deal last night, something coming form Northern California. I found it by accident while doing jacket research. I followed a link to a thread here. The particular post was over a year old, but I followed the link to harvest some pictures. When I got to the link it was an ebay auction and the jacket was unsold! Fixed price with a BIN.

I tossed and turned but made the offer and got the jacket.

As they come in the door, others must leave. I'm in anticipation mode.


I'm with DannyK!! Looking forward to Terry's new incomings/outgoings. A new NorCal find...... this sounds verrrrry promising :rolleyes:
 

tmitchell59

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Cant wait to see whats next!

I'm with DannyK!! Looking forward to Terry's new incomings/outgoings. A new NorCal find...... this sounds verrrrry promising :rolleyes:

It is a vintage piece from the 40s with some lineage and interesting back story. At least I think so. I don't get jackets with a personal connection too often. This has a personal connection and the jacket has Bay area connection, and a Harley Davidson connection, though not a HD product.

It is an interesting find. Should be a week or so.
 

jonbuilder

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Hercules good BIN with offer 23 pit
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Se...905746?hash=item2aee7ead52:g:dRQAAOSwP2VfKc3v

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jonbuilder

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It's beautiful, but looks a tad short. Probably was worn by someone who was on the short side.

As to the excessive postage, sometimes a seller will typo a box dimension or weight and Ebay will calculate a ridiculous cost. If the 24" the seller entered in the description fields for the jacket for sleeve length, etc. is used as a box length, that could easily explain the high cost. Sellers don't always see the cost, as it's calculated differently for each bidder's destination, so he might see a "reasonable" price like $25-30 to ship to his own zip code, and not realize there's a problem.
I suspected what Guppy says, I received the jacket in a 24" box priority mail $27 I live about 60 miles from the seller's PO. Received the jacket the next day - today - very well packaged.
 

Leather Walker

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I'm selling that. Lining is okay, frayed at the neck but is holding strong. Really cool jacket and very heavy.
Excuse me, I didn't mean to spoil it. Personally I prefer to keep the original parts (lining, zippers...) rather than change them. Of course a great jacket, just look at the patina! As far I know, Scovill zippers got hold of Conmar production in mid 60s.
 
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Excuse me, I didn't mean to spoil it. Personally I prefer to keep the original parts (lining, zippers...) rather than change them. Of course a great jacket, just look at the patina! As far I know, Scovill zippers got hold of Conmar production in mid 60s.

Oh, no trouble. I wasn't trying to hide anything, just saying that it looks worse than it is but difficult to show this on a photo. Someone'd say it definitely needs a replacement, I personally don't mind it at all. If it was a bit tighter, I'd keep it. Never seen Langlitz in this tea-core leather and one that's so heavy and tough. This is as classic as it gets, I'm really surprised it still hadn't sold and I even had it listed here for something super cheap.

TBH, Langlitz fits too boxy or... Orby for me. I am constantly going from sending this jacket to someone to resize it or sell it.

It's just the kind of leather IMO a perfect jacket should be made of. Lots of grain, variation, soft, sturdy... Just right.
 

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