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Finds and Deals - Leather Jacket Edition

Jin431

Call Me a Cab
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2,912
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Bay Area CA
Seller has steadily dropped the price from $375 to now $200 + shipping, with best offers enabled. They seem very motivated to sell. I submitted a $150 offer, which I honestly think they would have accepted, but then I cancelled it right afterwards. It's just not going to be worn and I'm saving for other things.

Really hope someone here picks it up because its an awesome piece.
Is that a Cal? Looks real nice for sure
 

Carlos840

I'll Lock Up
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4,944
Location
London
For just a moment...visions of the ghost gray E.
Plastic zips...the dude does not abide.
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I have these same plastic zippers on both my Vanson Swedish riders and honestly they do the job. One of the two jackets was worn a lot by the previous owner and is pretty beat up, but all zippers are still 100% ok and still have all their teeth.
In use i am never more worried about them than i am about metal zippers.
I understand the want for metal zippers, but i would not let it stop me from buying a jacket i really wanted if it had plastic zippers. At least when talking about Vanson plastic zippers...
 

jadub

A-List Customer
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342
Location
Saco, Maine
Will that Cal require much rehab? When I see something like this, and a jacket I have coming in, I can’t help but remember the nasty, moldy smells I’ve experienced cleaning out some old places. Doing things like that has sort of ruined me for vintage items.
 

Leather Walker

Practically Family
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617
Location
Barcelona
Langlitz + chaps, BIN at $300: https://www.ebay.com/itm/154529714688
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Too good to be true? PayPal accepted, so seller must be newbie because I can't explain these kind of pics.

Edit: I'm not OK posting this here... so many thing I don't rely. Pictures are screen caps, and it's a seller with zero activity. Or this is a truly newbie seller, or a f* con man. So watch out.
 
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Will that Cal require much rehab? When I see something like this, and a jacket I have coming in, I can’t help but remember the nasty, moldy smells I’ve experienced cleaning out some old places. Doing things like that has sort of ruined me for vintage items.

When I receive a jacket with odors and I want to keep it for whatever reason, I give the jacket a tub bath and long soak using a bit of a soft detergent and then add the following:

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Any mold, odors, whatever is gone. I do let the jacket soak for a long time and flush out the water at least once. But this stuff is really good. Close to magic.
 

jonbuilder

My Mail is Forwarded Here
Messages
3,563
Location
Grass Valley CA Foothills
Seller has steadily dropped the price from $375 to now $200 + shipping, with best offers enabled. They seem very motivated to sell. I submitted a $150 offer, which I honestly think they would have accepted, but then I cancelled it right afterwards. It's just not going to be worn and I'm saving for other things.

Really hope someone here picks it up because its an awesome piece.
In all seriousness, anyone watching this heavy early CHP jacket that can go with the fit should hit the BIN or at least submit an offer. You will be hard press to find a better deal on the internet. If it were larger the heavy hitter here would have snapped it up a long time ago
The belt along is worst half the buy in
 

jadub

A-List Customer
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342
Location
Saco, Maine
When I receive a jacket with odors and I want to keep it for whatever reason, I give the jacket a tub bath and long soak using a bit of a soft detergent and then add the following:

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Any mold, odors, whatever is gone. I do let the jacket soak for a long time and flush out the water at least once. But this stuff is really good. Close to magic.
Thanks Jmax! That sounds like a plan.
 

Pandemic

One Too Many
Messages
1,503
Location
In The Flat Field
In all seriousness, anyone watching this heavy early CHP jacket that can go with the fit should hit the BIN or at least submit an offer. You will be hard press to find a better deal on the internet. If it were larger the heavy hitter here would have snapped it up a long time ago
The belt along is worst half the buy in

You convinced me …. but it’s sold :(
 

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