Eastman Contract Number

[crazyace]

Hi,i have a second hand ELC A-2 in seal HH. The original owner told me this is a house model he ordered sometime before 2005.The contract number on the label states: contract No W535 AC 23373 Eastman Leather Clo. If I am correct, is this not a J.A. Dubow contract number? Is it common for Eastman to use a actual contract number on a house model?

 

[Roughwear]

This is a made up contract number. The nearest Dubow was the 23379 contract from late 1941.

 

[crazyace]

Thanks for the clarifcation Andrew.

 

[crazyace]

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?31324-Eastman-A2-Contract-number. Here there is a list of original contract numbers. This is where I got that contrct number belonging to J.A. Dubow. There could be an error with this list but it does list a W535 AC 23373 before the AC 23379.http://wingsofglorygallery.com/Full-History-of-A-2-Jacket.html Here is another list claiming that contract number exists.

 

[Roughwear]

Full Gear and this site have definitive lists of contracts and are very reliable. The two cited above were have at least on error in them.

http://www.acmedepot.com/a2jacket/a2hist.html

I would like to see pics of an original Dubow 23373. :roll:

 

[crazyace]

Right-o, the two I had mentioned did have an error. Thanks again. As a novice it is a learning process.