Found the perfect zipper for the Indy jacket

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PLATON
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Found the perfect zipper for the Indy jacket

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I found the perfect zipper for my custom order Wested. A custom Wested gains much in value with a vintage zipper installed.

This zipper is vintage, like 50-60 years old, made by some zipper manufacturer named ZAMA. It's left handed like European zippers should be.

They are deadstock NOS items and there is a limited number available.
They come in one size 55cm so the will fit sizes 38-40-42 I think (you can check for yourselves and then order). They are in brand new working condition.

The price for these is 15 euro plus 5 euro shipping. You are paying the fact that these zippers are impossible to find, one of a kind, vintage obsolete, (that factory closed long ago) and my trouble for going and buying them for you and shipping and handling charge. This is cheap considering vintage zippers often go anywhere from $100 to $300.

Enjoy the photos and PM me to order.

Notice the special teeth, the slider and bottom stop box as long as the top stops. This zipper is steel (I guess, but certainly not nickel, not alluminum) and extremely durable.


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comparison with modern day zipper

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I am sending mine to Wested for my next order.
Enjoy the photos and PM me if you want this zipper.

Regards,
Platon
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Post by Rom Hunter »

Very nice indeed, but make sure you don't wear that jacket zipped up too often, especially when it's that old.

I even met a fourniture seller who refused to sell me a 5 gauge alluminium zipper once he noticed it was for this type of leather jacket.

'Sir, I have a certain reputation to keep up'.

8)
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Post by PLATON »

Nah,
This zipper is stronger than anything you 've ever seen.
They just don't make them like this anymore.
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Post by Last Crusader »

Found little info on the zipper namely that the "Zama" zipper manufacturing company produced zippers from 1952 to 1986 in Athens, Greece.
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I was told it's spanish or italian. Sounds spanish to me. Wiki says "Zama alloy is a name for an alloy made of zinc, aluminium, copper and magnesium"
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The company was founded by two brothers named Bountros. Maybe Italians. The building of the ZAMA company was built for Andreas Cambas, founder of the well-known spirits-making Company and Distillery CAMBAS in Athens in 1897 . During WWII it was home of italian soldiers. Maybe the ZAMA founder was one of them.
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Post by Erri »

Bountros doesn't sound like an Italian surname, possibly Spanish :wink:

PLATON how are these zippers compared to the film?
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