KBlake
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When I see a group of listings like that, I see this as - "don't bother asking, I want top dollar for this and am prepared to wait years". This is a group of jackets that I wouldn't come back to. My own interpretationBLM14 - it is an awesome collection, and this fellow is a typical collector. Looks like it's all pretty recently added to ebay, so find a few that you know would fit (or at least come close) and watch them. Ask the seller some questions, re-check dimensions, etc, details about the jacket. See if he makes you an offer, then when you think you have found what really would be a great addition to your collection, make him an offer. Least he can do is decline. Many of these folks start high, but at their core, just really want to sell off some items. worth a try, at least.
too bad about patch. one of the nicer beef jerkies I've seen recently.
A beauty! Wartime cut out zipper.Amazing 3 pocket suede Half Belt.
Size S
On Ebay
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Think brooks did quite a bit of the Amf jackets. Though that one doesn’t look like a brooks:-D
interestingly stupid design!
WTf is that useless huge belt loop ending in the middle of the Dpocket?!
Everything is wrong in this approach, haha!
wonder who was the contractor. Buco never worked fo HD (as Joseph Buegeleisen's son declared in Rin Tanaka's book) maybe Brooks or Reed did...
(Sorry for this reactive post, no offense to anybody)
There is a lot of information about this out on the Internet - the "bad old days" of AMF (American Machine & Foundry) from 1969 - 1981. They outsourced much of the motorcycle parts & even bike themselves, and for a time produced snowmobiles. So it's not surprising that the jackets they offered as well also suffered in both quality & design control. I owned a couple AMF-Harley jackets a while back and they were decent simple jackets. Not much else.:-D
interestingly stupid design!
WTf is that useless huge belt loop ending in the middle of the Dpocket?!
Everything is wrong in this approach, haha!
wonder who was the contractor. Buco never worked fo HD (as Joseph Buegeleisen's son declared in Rin Tanaka's book) maybe Brooks or Reed did...
(Sorry for this reactive post, no offense to anybody)
Very interesting, thank you!There is a lot of information about this out on the Internet - the "bad old days" of AMF (American Machine & Foundry) from 1969 - 1981. They outsourced much of the motorcycle parts & even bike themselves, and for a time produced snowmobiles. So it's not surprising that the jackets they offered as well also suffered in both quality & design control. I owned a couple AMF-Harley jackets a while back and they were decent simple jackets. Not much else.
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What is perhaps a lot more interesting is that a group of H-D enthusiasts and investors bought the company out from under AMF in 1981. This does not happen all that often, so it's interesting that they managed to do it in this instance.
Now - back to the finds & deals again!
You’re totally right. Something looked wrong to me when I posted it and that’s it!:-D
interestingly stupid design!
WTf is that useless huge belt loop ending in the middle of the Dpocket?!
Everything is wrong in this approach, haha!
wonder who was the contractor. Buco never worked fo HD (as Joseph Buegeleisen's son declared in Rin Tanaka's book) maybe Brooks or Reed did...
(Sorry for this reactive post, no offense to anybody)
how's there stuff? Appearance-wise, it reminds em a lot of vansonThey're still around, I think. I was there once (before COVID) but have not been since. Website is VERY dated lol
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