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@Technonut, when I saw your post about the eBay jacket, I said, Damn! too. Then I looked at the listing. That jacket wouldn't fit me, so I didn't miss out on anything.
A friend of mine from back then recently died. He was a big James Dean fan in the early 60s. He had the swooped back hair and a red nylon jacket he said was the same kind that James worn in the movie. Don't remember the brand now, but of course I had to get one as well. Mine has long since been gone,* but I imagine he still had his at the time of his death. He still had the swooped back hair, so why not the jacket?
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* When I left for flight school, my parents disposed of a fortune in my collectables. Out went the James Dean jacket worth thousands in today's dollars and my baseball card collection, probably worth several hundred thousand dollars today. Gone, all gone, and I didn't even realize they were gone until years later. Such is the price we pay for being kids.
A friend of mine from back then recently died. He was a big James Dean fan in the early 60s. He had the swooped back hair and a red nylon jacket he said was the same kind that James worn in the movie. Don't remember the brand now, but of course I had to get one as well. Mine has long since been gone,* but I imagine he still had his at the time of his death. He still had the swooped back hair, so why not the jacket?
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* When I left for flight school, my parents disposed of a fortune in my collectables. Out went the James Dean jacket worth thousands in today's dollars and my baseball card collection, probably worth several hundred thousand dollars today. Gone, all gone, and I didn't even realize they were gone until years later. Such is the price we pay for being kids.