Old Raiders Jacket Ad

PETER · Post by **PETER** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:39 am

Found this in my old papers

Authentic with Cotton lining. Not nylon as some would have you beleive.
Cheers
Peter

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:44 am

Who made these jackets for W&W? Was it Cooper?

Dr._J · Post by **Dr._J** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:48 am

That's the word on the street.

Kevin Anderson · Post by **Kevin Anderson** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:49 am

Pretty cool. Peter, I love the pockets on that jacket; make mine like that and I'll buy you a pint!

Nice to see your pic next to you name too. Always good to put a face to a name!

Cassidy · Post by **Cassidy** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:54 am

Um...Isn't that a Last Crusade jacket?

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:12 am

239 $ in 1992!

coronado3 · Post by **coronado3** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:32 am

Wow! it's not much more $ to buy one today...

TheMechanic · Post by **TheMechanic** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:48 am

Very cool. Thanks for posting this.

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:54 am

coronado3 wrote:Wow! it's not much more $ to buy one today...

Uh, folks, $239 in 1992, converted to 2008 dollars, that would be equal to buying the jacket for $333 in today's cost of living conversion.

http://www.aier.org/research/cost-of-living-calculator/

Regard! Michaelson

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:55 am

Michaelson wrote:
coronado3 wrote:Wow! it's not much more $ to buy one today...
Uh, folks, $239 in 1992, converted to 2008 dollars, that would be equal to buying the jacket for $2157.58 in today's cost of living conversion.

Regards! Michaelson

"That's what Belstaff thought".....

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:56 am

Michaelson wrote:
coronado3 wrote:Wow! it's not much more $ to buy one today...
Uh, folks, $239 in 1992, converted to 2008 dollars, that would be equal to buying the jacket for $333 in today's cost of living conversion.

http://www.aier.org/research/cost-of-living-calculator/

Regard! Michaelson

What?!

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:56 am

Whoops, guess it would help if I hit the 'calculate' button.

Number corrected above.

Copy that link as a 'favorite'. It's pretty neat aid when you're doing historical comparisons.

Regard! Michaelson

Indiana Strones · Post by **Indiana Strones** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:02 pm

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:03 pm

Yep....in this day and age, wait 5 minutes....it may get up to that price in the blink of an eye!

Regards! Michaelson

Rundquist · Post by **Rundquist** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:39 pm

The ad is from 1992. In 1989 those Coopers were $299. The price dropped by 92.

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:26 pm

Rundquist wrote:The ad is from 1992. In 1989 those Coopers were $299. The price dropped by 92.

Maybe it was a promotional price? Or perhaps that was the first non-necessarily-Cooper batch?

Cool memory, though!

Rundquist · Post by **Rundquist** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:00 pm

Chewbacca Jones wrote:
Rundquist wrote:The ad is from 1992. In 1989 those Coopers were $299. The price dropped by 92.
Maybe it was a promotional price? Or perhaps that was the first non-necessarily-Cooper batch?

Cool memory, though!

This same company used to sell other Cooper jackets (military A-2's & G-1's) in similar ads in various publications. Those were also sold in instalments. I never saw an Indy jacket ad though. Cheers

saecrow · Post by **saecrow** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:25 pm

that's really cool. . . . i'm pretty certain, that my exact "disney" jacket:
http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=saecrow

Doctor_Jones · Post by **Doctor_Jones** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:35 pm

this is pretty cool! thanks for sharing!

Solent MKIII · Post by **Solent MKIII** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:25 am

Ah, memories. I've still got my Cooper from 1989, and it was $299.00. Ordered mine
through the old Lucasfilm newsletter back in the day. I took that thing everywhere -
even wore it to the CS premiere!

It's gotten a bit worn after nearly 20 years of use, but I still like it - dig on the LC look,
but I would like to get a Raiders-style jacket in the near future. :junior: