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  1. Navin323i

    NEW Aero Jacket - Celebrating new movie with Battered Tan HH Wayfarer/Sunburst Combination

    Greetings my friends! My thanks to Carrie at Thurston Bros and Ken at Aero Leather for making this project of mine a reality as I was told this is the first time they have ever made a jacket in this combo... a Wayfarer Jacket minus the sleeve straps (from the front) combined with a Sunburst...
  2. Navin323i

    Ordered a new Aero jacket today 10 years after my first Aero purchase

    Gents, I'm truly excited right now... 10 years ago I ordered my first Aero jacket - an Aero NYPD jacket in black front quarter chromexcel horsehide, which I still have and wear in memory of my police chief grandfather, and now today I ordered what will be my second new Aero jacket purchase. In...
  3. Navin323i

    Pics of my recently acquired 1940s horsehide Windward (Montgomery Ward)

    Hello my friends! It's been a while since my last post and an even longer while since my last leather jacket purchase, but I recently acquired this beautiful Montgomery Ward horsehide Windward with the original belt, which I removed as the belt lies on a painful area of my abdomen, that is...
  4. Navin323i

    Hello Gents... an update on my Olympic journey and my jackets...

    Hello Gents! It has been a while since my last post and life continues to get more amazing by the second. Last year I proudly represented the USA for an Olympic level competition in Romania, and I wound up doing great in beating my opponents from Japan and Russia before losing to a tough...
  5. Navin323i

    Question - Leaving for Romania to represent USA for Olympic Table Tennis

    Hello Gents! It has been a while since I last posted and since that time I have become history's first ever athlete to actively compete with Parkinson's Disease on the Olympic/Paralympic level. I was diagnosed 3 years ago with Parkinson's at the age of 39 and I was also born with a heart...
  7. Navin323i

    My new jacket and some MAJOR NEWS to share with you all...

    Greetings Gents!!! It's been so long since I last posted and for once it has nothing to do with any health issue (for those who don't know me, I was born with heart condition that required 5 major open heart surgeries over the past 41 years, none of which I was expected to survive but I...
  8. Navin323i

    Introducing my latest Aero Jacket - Brown FQHH Route 66

    Gents, It's with great honor that I introduce, 4 years after my first Aero purchase (black FQHH NYPD jacket), my 2nd Aero Leather Jacket purchase... a brown FQHH Route 66 jacket. Given my interest in anything car-related, I've always felt this would be the perfect jacket for me, and I was...
  9. Navin323i

    Successful movie shoot yesterday with Aero Leather Jacket

    Hello Gents, It was an absolute honor for me to represent our community yesterday at a movie film shoot for BMW of North America profiling BMW car enthusiasts and the love we have for our cars. I was able to share my heart story and tell them about our forum here and Aero Leather in Scotland...
  10. Navin323i

    Add my Aero NYPD to the list of Aero jackets appearing in movies

    Hello Gents, Some good news I wanted to share with you all... BMW of North America has casted me and my twin screw supercharged BMW 323i in a movie that will be filmed tomorrow at the biggest annual BMW festival in the USA known as "Bimmerfest" and I'll be wearing my Aero NYPD jacket (same one...
  11. Navin323i

    My Aero NYPD Leather Jacket in car magazine plus new leather jacket project completed

    Hello Friends, It's great to be back here after a long leave of absence... mostly medical related but still one heck of a journey for me. As you may recall, I'm a 5 time open heart surgery survivor over the past 39 years of my life with a partly mechanical heart made of carbon fiber and wasn't...
  13. Navin323i

    My new custom cafe racer jacket arrives as I head in for surgery...

    Greetings Gents, I hope you all have been doing well. Sadly I'm heading into the hospital shortly for knee surgery due to my 3rd episode of spontaneous internal bleeding in my left knee (past 2 times were in August 2010 and August 2011). Doctors don't know why it keeps happening or where...
  14. Navin323i

    Nice day in the park with my Aero jacket, kids, and car...

    Greetings Gents, Met up with a buddy of mine who is a professional photographer for car magazines to do a photoshoot of my car, kids and I in my Aero leather jacket this past saturday. We're hoping that the pics will help get me a new magazine feature for my car/heart awareness efforts and...
  15. Navin323i

    Leatherique Rejuvenator Oil on my 1.5 year old Aero FQHH NYPD Jacket - SUCCESS!!

    Gents, I'm very happy with the results after using the Leatherique Rejuvenator Oil on my Aero NYPD FQHH jacket. Aero sells this stuff on their website, but I've actually been using this stuff for years on my BMW's leather seats (Leatherique is quite popular in the BMW community and the stuff...
  16. Navin323i

    Dedicated leather jacket styles for car guys like me...

    Greetings Gents, I've been meaning to ask this question for sometime now but kept putting it off. I've always wondered... motorcycle guys get all the cool leather jacket gear with jackets dedicated to bike riding (primary reason being protection for the rider of course), but historically...
  17. Navin323i

    It's been a while... pics of my Aero NYPD FQHH Jacket at 17 months...

    Greetings Gents, It has been quite a while since I've been on the site and posted anything, and considering how lovely the weather is today it was the perfect opportunity to go outside and snap some pics of my Aero leather jacket and family. For those of you who don't know me or don't...
  19. Navin323i

    Recent Jacket Acquisitions... Tron Themed

    Hello Everyone, It's been quite a while since I've posted up any jackets. It's been a crazy year with multiple procedures/surgeries on my heart... some of which I had to shell out a crazy amount of out of pocket expenses (last surgery cost me over $4100!) So I haven't been able to add much...
  20. Navin323i

    Thank you

    Gents, I humbly request the moderators here not to delete my post... I want to take this opportunity to personally thank all my fellow Outerwear subforum members for all the kindness and good wishes you've shown me the past few weeks now in regards to my heart ailments. The last time I...
  21. Navin323i

    Pics of my new modded Aero NYPD, plus an amazing miracle to share...

    Hello there Gents, Before I share the Aero NYPD pics, I wanted to share my recent miracle with you all, and I definitely must thank you all for the nice wishes and prayers you sent my way. It all started with me on a routine visit to my pacemaker doctor to have my pacemaker wirelessly...
  22. Navin323i

    Aero NYPD jacket mod revealed... feedback requested

    Hello Everyone, I was hoping to make this post sooner but I've been hospitalized with some heart-related issues that required my heart to be shocked with electricity (cardioversion) to get it to beat properly and will be going back to the hospital within the next couple of weeks to have my...
  23. Navin323i

    Is Aero Scotland closed this week?

    Greetings Gents, I seem to recall Amanda mentioning to me a while back that at some point in November they will be closed (forget for how long... possibly a week?). Does anyone here know whether they are closed this week? I shot Amanda an email last week and one earlier this week and...

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