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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets - They Are Coming Back!!!---see link

    Derby Jackets Im hoping that the new derby of san francisco jackets are actually coming out, as on Face book, search derby of san francisco, a very good page with all the information about the best tuff guys working class jacket ever made.. bolts
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets - They Are Coming Back!!!---see link

    derby jackets ya im hoping that they re make the derbys, but rumor on facebook is that it is all a hoax....i was hoping to buy a brand new black derby jacket.. bolts
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets - They Are Coming Back!!!---see link

    hey derby dudes, im rocked over the fact someone is remaking the original derby jackets, the best tuff guys jacket ever made... here is the face book link http://www.facebook.com/pages/Derby-Of-San-Francisco/196844308348 im still looking for old derby jacket pics...etc... bolts
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets in Movies Me and my homeboys were talking and in 48 hours, with eddie murphy you will see a dude wearing a black derby jacket when they have the scene in the subway.... then clint eastwood wears a brown derby in a dirty harry movie...a ups brown in streets of san francisco...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets Ya deacon, derby stopped making the jackets in s.f. in 1985...according to my dad....then they went overseas....cheaper, knit, all sorts of stuff. If you look closely at the derbys on e bay, the ones from taiwan, macau, etc...you see cheaper knit, even the fabric colors are...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jacket Hey Deacon, I actually have a very nice size 42, original blue derby, and two of the ups browns. I wear the blue derby everyday...and it has held up well even in my paving job...although i usually wear a orange vest and protective gear..so the jacket is not ruined with hot tar...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets Here is the photobucket link to some pics of original derbys. http://s1008.photobucket.com/albums/af201/derbyjacketdude/
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets I was lookin on e bay today, and a whole bunch of fine original derby jackets are up for auction. Most people like myself always took care of our derbys...even when I worked in towing, my dark blue always held up to the tuffness and look of the derby. I have found out a lot...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets Thanks Deacon....you in our neighborhood...I could now easily look back and count 65 plus derbys that were worn by me and my brothers...friends, school friends etc. Ya you have to have lived in s.f. to understand that the derby identified you as a man, a young man that is...not...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets - Thanks Yeti Thanks Yeti for the story about Pauls.....and buying the derby there....im very interested in place/old school s.f. p laces they sold them. I actually did talk to the guy who used to work for derby...and he provided me some information....but not a lot. Ya, the...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets The previous post also applies to the person you quoted---- I DONT WANT TO CONTACT THE PERSON WHO USED TO WORK FOR DERBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets Dear Mike in Seattle: NO NO NO....I'm not going to contact a real estate guy who used to be president of the derby company....so read this please...orI would not have posted additional questions. Im interested in obtaining information from persons in san francisco who...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets Hey guys, im looking for any information about Eli Ephron...the history of the derby jacket company in san francisco, the owner,...or anyone who remembers going to the derby jacket store at the factory...which i think was at the old clocktower building before you hit the bay...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets Ok thanks you....I was just wanting any history on the derby jackets, who invented the original design, Mr. Derby....etc...any history. I was trying to upload pics of more jackets....but Im having trouble uploading...you can find a whole bunch floating around... Im looking...
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    Derby of San Francisco Jackets

    Derby Jackets Thanks for replying....ya as kids me and my brothers always had a blue derby...i remember as a kid going to a derby store...to buy the jacket...i think my dad paid 35.00 for each jacket. We wore them all through junior high and high school...my older brother was the odd ball, he...

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