Silver Surfer
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yellowish pleasing? not when you're hung over.
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B3 jackets collars and fleece colouring
- Thread starter John Lever
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Enigma1938
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Yellowish fleece ok, Yellowish snow - hell no!
Brylcreemer
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Yep.
B-Man2
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Pa12
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Winnie the Pooh
Dumpster D
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His Jacket's got a couple good blowouts. MK VII Goggles minus the flip shield, good trade. Flight helmet has Press stud mods for upgraded oxygen mask rig. ( Probably removed those five 'hooks' that came stock with the B-6 helmet. ) I wonder if he's a gunner?
Nice name stencil, and I absolutely LOVE how he's eating a sandwich with dirt under his nails!!! And I got that same Canteen cup too...The gloves look like F-2 electrical gloves but I can't say, also an unusual colored plug on his earphones..I can't tell what color but it's unusual.
He reminds me of my cousin actually, a skydive instructor.
Anyway, what kind of Sandwich you think he's got? Egg salad or PB and J?
...and...Tea or Coffee???
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Dumpster D
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If you want to 'yellow' the fleece a lot faster, you have to smoke a lot of cigarettes. (Ask me how I know)
Fleece will yellow after about 15-20 years naturally, more or less.
Dumpster D
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Digging through some files, I noticed these photos. look at the fleece colour, you can see two shades of fleece tone. It was earlier mentioned it's distinctively pinkish hue possibly due to the tanning?
I have a few more photos of the jacket. Might as well post them all. What a beauty. Not even broken in.
I have a few more photos of the jacket. Might as well post them all. What a beauty. Not even broken in.
Dumpster D
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The more I thought about it... the more I think it could be hot soup in that canteen cup. (Don't say 'tomato')
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flyincowboy
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WHAT a beauty !
Dumpster D
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I still say greasy fleece though Joe.
flyincowboy
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Nope don't think so if you look closely it appears that the fleece is light honey colored. A while ago talking to an old mechanic ... been told that at the end of the war they put all of these shearling jackets in pile pour a jerry can of gazoline and lit the fire. They were given an order! they just burned them ! Some were soiled with oil dirt and grime , some were in descent wearable condition. that was for most of all shearling D1 B3 B6 and pants a sad end!
Dumpster D
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Here is a good one to show the 'aging' of the fleece, look at the blown areas inside the sleeve and body showing the fleece colour is not Grungy and yellowed. ( I recently posted this zipper slider in the knick-knacks hanging of your zipper thread) Can't find the 'tag' closeup photo of course, any guesses?
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Dany McDonald
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I hope they fixed the gas tank and protruding bolt on rear axel issue.
Pa12
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Who knows. They were a piece of shit when they were new and now they’re just an older piece of shit. Can’t imagine why anyone would want one. Unless , like back in the day, they want to throw a big block in it for a real scary dragster.
B-Man2
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I guarantee you that someplace … somewhere….someone .. is collecting those damn things
Pa12
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No doubt. Along side their AMC pacers.I guarantee you that someplace … somewhere….someone .. is collecting those damn things
Chandler
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Just remember, Pacer spelled backward is Recap.
Actually heard that from a used car salesman back around 1977.
