G-1 Labels - Determining dates of manufacture

[MSC100]

Hello,

searched the forum on this subject, but couldn't find a discussion of just how the date of a flight jacket, like the G-1, is determined. The number sequences are long, but is there a code or simply 1 or 2 numbers somewhere in that mix that determines the year made? Hoping to learn a lot from this gas I am clearly new to the game here. of the 2 jackets that I have, I was been told 1 is 1970's and 1 is 1980's which is great - just trying to learn a bit and get better educated.

thanks!

 

[MSC100]

"learn a lot from this group" - sorry about that

 

[blackrat2]

Try Roger Moore’s site if it’s still available

 

[Technonut2112]

Moore Custom.com (Roger Moore's site) has been gone for quite awhile now. There is some archived here:

Roger Moore Jacket Collection

Here's screenshots from the archive showing some helpful info:

 

[B-Man2]

Thanks for posting Techno.
That’s a great resource of information that should be maintained and not lost over time. Any chance this could be made into a Sticky and preserved?

 

[MSC100]

Thanks so much - tremendous resource here!

 

[MSC100]

Have what I believe is a 1970's G1 (Brill Bros.) but the leather feels much lighter than the other Brill Bros I have from the later 1980's - also has a more kind of wrinkled appearance so im wondering, any chance that 1970's jacket could be goatskin? Wish I could post a picture of the label - have yet to figure out any way to do that easily.

 

[Grant]

If you could post the Brill contract number from the spec label I can narrow it down to a year. Brill had 7 G-1 contracts from 1968 to 1977

 

[MSC100]

Thanks much Grant - one is pretty worn here, hope you can make it out ok.

 

[MSC100]

Better image of the other label