What jacket(s) are you wearing at the moment?

[stanier]

That’s a classic small block Ford 302 Cubic Inch …5.0 liter V8 . Beautiful Chris … nicely done .
That’s a real low profile get up and go car. Not many would know what that has under the hood.

Spot on with the engine Burt, and thanks for the know words. It does cause some surprises...

 

[Pa12]

It's a British Mk1 Ford Zephyr Zodiac Burt. They were based on the American Ford 1949 shoebox. Mine is a custom / hot rod car with essentially what is the running gear of a hot 60's Ford Mustang... a pic of the engine. Cheers
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I assume it originally had a flathead?

 

[Kennyz]

Not posted here for a while, but a lazy (and rather chilly!) Sunday messing about with old cars and wearing GW Rough Wear 23380 View attachment 167329

@stanier - Very sharp! The graining is outstanding - what leather is that?

Ken

 

[Micawber]

Not posted here for a while, but a lazy (and rather chilly!) Sunday messing about with old cars and wearing GW Rough Wear 23380 View attachment 167329

Welcome back mate!

 

[B-Man2]

I'm all for that. If you want to start the thread Burt, I'd definitely post.

Luke
The new thread is up and running . Feel free to post what you’ve got

 

[coolhandluke]

I assume it originally had a flathead?

Inline 6 I believe.

 

[A2wander]

Hi , this RW fits you very well . I think it's just the fact that you usualy or quite always wear slim jackets .Well , I gess ! I own 3 ELC 44 and one ELC 46 ( 23373 models , 2 Air matsers "time worn" , 1 that I'm still break'in , all these 3 are slim fit and the last one is an older one second hand Pearl Harbour , the 46 one that in 1st impression i felt a beat baggy ) . I just had to putted the jacket in the shower ( extern part only ) and wore it till it dried and shrink a little , just to mold better on my body , now it's just fine I'm happy cause now I can wear a wool sweater under and have the choice of style I want to wear , slim fit or "loosy fit" . . And some pics with the diff ELC . 1st is the 46 with a qute heavy wool sweater under , 2nd one of the Air Masters time worn with a tee shirt and the last the seal brown break'in wip with a thn wool sweater . All different shapes that give me more choices.
Btw , I just ordered a RW 27752 to BK . ("20% Russet Friday" ). I'm 1m88 90kgs , quite athletic . The size i ordered is a 46S , Hope that it will fit me like yours !! Is yours a seal liberty Horse leaher ? Just t know , it was my choice . Here is the promo

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Jackets look great on you, and what you said is true, I usually/ always wear slim fitted jackets… this jacket is made of horsehide.liberty seal
His leather is outstanding, really amazing,but you will see it for yourself when yours arrives
Had one A2 many many years ago, don’t even know the maker or brand of it, and their horsehide that I can recall was very thin, but the leather BK is using is top notch!!! You won’t regret it

 

[stanier]

I assume it originally had a flathead?

Good assumtion but no, originally it had a straight 6

 

[Pa12]

Inline 6 I believe.

Just a wee bit of hp increase

 

[stanier]

Welcome back mate!

Thank you Steve. It's good to be back.

 

[Grant]

Not posted here for a while, but a lazy (and rather chilly!) Sunday messing about with old cars and wearing GW Rough Wear 23380

Chris, outstanding A-2, denim, boots, cap and car!

 

[stanier]

Chris, outstanding A-2, denim, boots, cap and car!

Thank you Grant

 

[mulceber]

Welcome back mate!

I’ll second that - it’s good to have you back Chris.

 

[stanier]

I’ll second that - it’s good to have you back Chris.

Thank you Jan.

 

[flyincowboy]

nice j

Thanks for the kind words Burt. The car is largely why I've been offline as I bought it in 2021 and almost straight away started rebuilding it - I can bore people about easily! a quick pic as you askedView attachment 167377

Nice zephir and love the whitewall's on chrome wheels she looks lowered and nice stance ! By the way are they smoothies wheels ? ,

 

[LV426]

Jackets look great on you, and what you said is true, I usually/ always wear slim fitted jackets… this jacket is made of horsehide.liberty seal
His leather is outstanding, really amazing,but you will see it for yourself when yours arrives
Had one A2 many many years ago, don’t even know the maker or brand of it, and their horsehide that I can recall was very thin, but the leather BK is using is top notch!!! You won’t regret it

Thanks for the precisions Just to know , how long did you wait for ? Their are many reason why I ordered a BK . 1st is the quality , from what I read in the threads here , 2nd was the promo , 3rd the fact that it is shipped from within Eu market ( so no taxes ) . One reason made me hesitate is one thread here about some orders that makes very long time to be delivered , it seems that some are quite fast ( it's always realative . 8 weeks to several months to make ahigh end jacket is normal , especaialy whentheier is a lot to do ) and some others still wait after more than 1 year . I decided to take my chance. Your pics give me a really good idea of what I can expect and it makes me quite impatient !! ehehe

 

[stanier]

nice j

Nice zephir and love the whitewall's on chrome wheels she looks lowered and nice stance ! By the way are they smoothies wheels ? ,

Well spotted. It is lowered and has uprated suspension all round. They are chrome smoothies, though over the winter they will be replaced as I've decided to go with Ford OE pattern wheels albeit of the same dimensions as those smoothies.

 

[bseal]

Looks good to me. I’d keep it. Wartime fits were baggy, and anyway, it’ll shrink a bit.

Here are some more ‘fit’ pictures @mulceber

I agree with A2wander, consider sizing down. Thank you for the “fit” pics.

 

[A2wander]

Thanks for the precisions Just to know , how long did you wait for ? Their are many reason why I ordered a BK . 1st is the quality , from what I read in the threads here , 2nd was the promo , 3rd the fact that it is shipped from within Eu market ( so no taxes ) . One reason made me hesitate is one thread here about some orders that makes very long time to be delivered , it seems that some are quite fast ( it's always realative . 8 weeks to several months to make ahigh end jacket is normal , especaialy whentheier is a lot to do ) and some others still wait after more than 1 year . I decided to take my chance. Your pics give me a really good idea of what I can expect and it makes me quite impatient !! ehehe

True, the quality is absolutely amazing, no doubt about that.
But the delivery time………..
I don’t want to frighten you, but I’ve waited 1,3 years for mine to arrive.
Before I’d placed the order, I asked them how long it will take.,he told me somewhere between 3 till 5 months…
But many months later it finally arrived
But I also saw here that someone placed an order end of January and got it already in August… so time time will tell.

 

[LV426]

True, the quality is absolutely amazing, no doubt about that.
But the delivery time………..
I don’t want to frighten you, but I’ve waited 1,3 years for mine to arrive.
Before I’d placed the order, I asked them how long it will take.,he told me somewhere between 3 till 5 months…
But many months later it finally arrived
But I also saw here that someone placed an order end of January and got it already in August… so time time will tell.

Yes ! As you said , time will tell ! It gives us the opportunity to apreciate the relativeness of temporality . By our days everything as to go fast , consumption above all , . I'm happy with that , by the mean time I will have all the time to give a good patina on my brand new ELC . By having too much jackets there is no time to break them in and give hem good natural patina. In fact my very 1st A2 was bought less than a year ago !!! 'till that day I own 5 .. It's a little beat too much too fast , I have to calm down and just appreciate the ones I got . I've read all the disclaimers in the BK mails , about the time to wait , not to send too much messages etc . At least it indicates the color ! Thank you . I think your jacket will get better and better and shape your body very well with time and you will be pleased to have the possibility to wear it even in very cold weather , with a good sweater and a cool scarf .