Early Aero A-2 ?

[Ken at Aero Leather]

This is the zipper it came with.View attachment 55501

I rather doubt the puller Denny has sent you will work on those zipper teeth but worth a try
These were bog standard 1970s off the shelf, maybe Opti? Pre us finding Talon,which dates the A-2 to no later than 1985

 

[s4rmark]

That’s a shame but also really interesting to know the history of the jacket and that it still has the original zipper as fitted by you all those years ago.

 

[robrinay]

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I’ve got an early Patrolmans jacket and from memory (I can’t check till Thursday) it’s got an eclair slider. If mines not an eclair it’s definitely a French name.

I was wrong - my early Aero Patrolman’s jacket has an Ailée zip

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

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I was wrong - my early Aero Patrolman’s jacket has an Ailée zipView attachment 55507

Ailee was the default for Civvy Jackets, shows your Patrolmans was pre 1986 too

 

[denny@aero]

That’s a shame but also really interesting to know the history of the jacket and that it still has the original zipper as fitted by you all those years ago.

Apologies i should have asked to see the puller first, I had thought it may have had the Talon puller.
I know it may be nice to keep everything original to how it was made but the puller on yours isn't particully nice, as Ken says we used what was available then. If you do want to try the Talon slider that you should recieve by Monday i have tried it on a jacket we have here from the same time period as yours and it works fine so you should give it a try.

 

[robrinay]

Ailee was the default for Civvy Jackets, shows your Patrolmans was pre 1986 too

Thanks for the info Ken.
cheers
Rob

 

[s4rmark]

Thanks Denny, I'll give it a try. The stopper box or whatever it is called looks the same as the one in your photos. Now I do have another problem . The jacket absolutely reeks of cigarettes and has that musty odour of being stored in a loft!

 

[s4rmark]

Success! New Talon slider now on, thanks to Denny. jacket Cleaned and conditioned, looks much Better now.

 

[B-Man2]

That looks pretty damn nice!

 

[Bombing IP]

So tell me how did you get the must smell out of it .

Rgds Jeff

 

[s4rmark]

the musty smell is still there but not as bad now that I’ve cleaned and conditioned the leather. The jackets now hung on the back of a chair with one of my wife’s aromatic candles at a safe distance from it. Hopefully it should soon smell of wild Berry fruits!

 

[Bombing IP]

I was told once that if a jacket is musty put it out in the freezing temp over night . Never tried it !.

BIP

 

[s4rmark]

Maybe that would work, I have also left it out on a coat hanger on a tree in the garden. When it’s been dry outside

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

I was told once that if a jacket is musty put it out in the freezing temp over night . Never tried it !.

BIP

Watch out for Arnold Layne

 

[Chandler]

I had an old G-1 many years ago that must have come out of a damp cellar.

A friend was selling ozone machines for disinfection in a variety of applications. He did the magic in and out of the jacket and cured it of all stink.

Not even sure if ozone machines are still a "thing," but it worked great.