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Claybertrand

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willyto said:
That would be me.

I still have that jacket although is very big on me. I treasure it a bit because it was my first vintage leather jacket.
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Willyto!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yessir brother that was you!!!!! I see so many posts here I forget sometimes who posted. Great jacket and excellent pics. You were the one who authenticated this jacket. Interesting that there are a few popping up lately. My first actual Vintage Leather Jacket is a size 46 Maroon/Oxblood Fidelity Cafe Racer. Not at ALL as cool as your jacket for a first jacket.

At least you can monitor these jackets to get a feel for what you can get for yours if you ever wanna move it.

Thanks for refreshing my memory on your pics brother!!!
 
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Walter Dyer Cross Zip size 48. https://poshmark.com/listing/Walter-Dyer-is-Leather-Black-Motorcycle-Jacket-5f3da113163df420b948dbc6

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TSW said:
Walter Dyer Cross Zip size 48. https://poshmark.com/listing/Walter-Dyer-is-Leather-Black-Motorcycle-Jacket-5f3da113163df420b948dbc6

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Some really cool features on this jacket. Namely the front waist zipper base snap cover and the standing collar. Darn those pin holes!!!!!!!!!! I'd also try to get measurement pics or better clarity on them. My experience is that WDs are fairly true to size or perhaps run a bit big. The stated 24" P2P I think is perhaps an assumption based measurement based on the tag size. Not a bad price at all for a cool and well made jacket----pin holes be DAMNED!!!!
 
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Coriu said:
In the 1950's, the median American family income was about $20 per day. This is a page from a 1955 Sears catalog. Dad could buy a FQHH leather jacket(the more expensive ones) for about 1.6 days of pay. Today, the median American family income is about $275 per day. Let's say a jacket of that same quality today would be $1000. That is 3.6 days of pay. And unlike the 50's, there's a good chance that part of that income today is being earned by mom. So, dad would have to do a sales job on mom if he wanted that jacket. And we all know how that works! My point...quality of this type has become much less accessible to the average Joe in the US. Here we are drooling over stuff that could be found in a middle class home 70 years ago. I wonder how much of the imported clothing in middle class homes today will have people drooling in the year 2090?
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I believe the taxmen took a bigger share of the family daily wage than they did in 1950
 
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Claybertrand said:
Just think how long that condom had to be in that small snap pocket on the outside of the D in order to get the pocket leather to form the outline of it............ Prolly that was just his "Emergency Jimmy" so he kept it in there for awhile...... Like Kinickie in Grease who had his Jimmy fail since he had "bought it in the 7th grade..." :p
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Haha. I didn’t inspect the mark but I think you may be right. If it was in there that long I feel bad for the previous owner. Emergency Jimmie or not lol.
 
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Claybertrand said:
Just think how long that condom had to be in that small snap pocket on the outside of the D in order to get the pocket leather to form the outline of it............ Prolly that was just his "Emergency Jimmy" so he kept it in there for awhile...... Like Kinickie in Grease who had his Jimmy fail since he had "bought it in the 7th grade..." :p
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I just blew bourbon out my nose. Legend!
 
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