ORIGINAL ANJ3

[Grant]

Yeah, my good friend Chris started this forum when he was in med school. His tiny dorm room always had a pile of cool jackets!

 

[mulceber]

Is he still in the hobby/on the board?

 

[Grant]

He's no longer on the board, but I'm sure he checks in now and then - once a jacket addict, always a jacket addict.

 

[Carl]

is there a label pic please Grant ??

 

[mulceber]

is there a label pic please Grant ??

He said in the first post there isn't a label, or any evidence that there ever was one. JC has also said that he's never seen an AN-J-3 with a label.

 

[Carl]

He said in the first post there isn't a label, or any evidence that there ever was one. JC has also said that he's never seen an AN-J-3 with a label.

missed that bit !! so sorry .
ok , are there any known production dates ??

 

[MikeyB-17]

I read somewhere that Chas DiSipio has said he’s seen one with a label, although what was on it is not recorded. Didn’t you have one with an AN inspector’s stamp Grant? The AN-J-3 does fascinate me. It looks for all the world like a military issued jacket, and yet they’ve never got a label. I’m sure one day, what with all these rare early A-2’s popping out of the woodwork, that the mystery will be solved. Great jacket Grant. Only thing that doesn’t do it for me on AN-J-3’s is that huge, 70’s collar.

 

[Greg Gale]

Grant, that has got to be the coolest looking and most practical flying jacket ever made. The slender, athletic shape as well as the functionality of a G-1, but with the stylish collar of an A-2. Plus some amazing grain and patina. Brilliant!

 

[B-Man2]

This really is a beauty, and in that kind of condition . Damn! You’ve got some real gems Grant.
Congrats!