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scored this recently, very good order, except the zip which I'm waiting on from their NOS, but what is it? it's not a Lightning, and I can't find a similar design on their site...I date it mid-70's....
thanks for that, look at this rabbit-hole i discovered chasing it! https://www.omei2017.com/blogs/omei-blog/sp2-lewis-leathers-vintage-exhibition-02LL Bronx Twin Track
https://www.lewisleathers.com/twin-track-bronx-no-440.html
scored this recently, very good order, except the zip which I'm waiting on from their NOS, but what is it? it's not a Lightning, and I can't find a similar design on their site...I date it mid-70's.... View attachment 439953
it's too tight for me, no matter how much i pretend otherwise so I'll probably flog it off as is, AND THE MISSUS HATES ITYep - the buckle would have had lether covering it originally. I have one of the longer length LLs in black from the 70s where it has also lost the leather. I am sure LL could make a replacement for you - but check the colour first as they have two types of turquoise - this one looks like the “vintage turquoise” to me.
AND THE MISSUS HATES IT
so your wife doesn't wear jackets?That is so irrelevant that it's not even funny.
I believe it's called Turquoise these daysYip, Twin Track Bronx. The two sets of right-breast half for the zip were intended to allow the jacket to be worn tighter in warner weather, or with a roomier fit to accommodate layering beneath in Winter. The standard Bronx model was introduced in 1956; this Twin Track version was introduced in 1966 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Bronx. The Twin Track was the first of Lewis' jackets to have that additional zip pocket on the left forearm; thereafter it was rolled out across many/ most models in the range, and it became something of a Lewis signature touch. I don't know exactly when Lewis introduced this petrol blue colour.... It was, however, very popular in the late seventies and early eighties. In the 1978 catalogue, Lewis put a big push on their colour range. 1978 was the year they introduced bright orange leather - marketed as a safety feature(!). Needless to say, black always outsold these bright colours, but this particular blue was fairly often seen in the wild. It seemed to have an appeal to those who, in different times, were still somewhat wary of the imagery of the black leather jacket.
so your wife doesn't wear jackets?
No one’s wife likes their jackets!
I believe it's called Turquoise these days
there's a lot of wisdom in the saying 'opposites attract', my missus hates 90% of my music too, but after 30 years things balance out!Sorry, my post came off wrong; Meant to say, one shouldn't care what our significant others thinks about the jackets we buy as the occasion when they will appear to love is indeed very rare.
I'm not married myself, though and I don't intend for that to ever change.
contacted LL and they don't do spare parts except zips, so it stays as is I sposeit's too tight for me, no matter how much i pretend otherwise so I'll probably flog it off as is, AND THE MISSUS HATES IT
contacted LL and they don't do spare parts except zips, so it stays as is I sposeYep - the buckle would have had lether covering it originally. I have one of the longer length LLs in black from the 70s where it has also lost the leather. I am sure LL could make a replacement for you - but check the colour first as they have two types of turquoise - this one looks like the “vintage turquoise” to me.