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Old Raiders Jacket Ad
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:39 am
by PETER
Found this in my old papers
Authentic with Cotton lining. Not nylon as some would have you beleive.
Cheers
Peter
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:44 am
by Texan Scott
Who made these jackets for W&W? Was it Cooper?
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:48 am
by Dr._J
That's the word on the street.
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:49 am
by Kevin Anderson
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!
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:54 am
by Cassidy
Um...Isn't that a Last Crusade jacket?
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:12 am
by Indiana Strones
239 $ in 1992!
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:32 am
by coronado3
Wow! it's not much more $ to buy one today...
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:48 am
by TheMechanic
Very cool. Thanks for posting this.
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:54 am
by Michaelson
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
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:55 am
by Kt Templar
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".....
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:56 am
by Indiana Strones
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?!
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:56 am
by Michaelson
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
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:02 pm
by Indiana Strones
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:03 pm
by Michaelson
Yep....in this day and age, wait 5 minutes....it may get up to that price in the blink of an eye!
Regards! Michaelson
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:39 pm
by Rundquist
The ad is from 1992. In 1989 those Coopers were $299. The price dropped by 92.
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:26 pm
by Chewbacca Jones
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!
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:00 pm
by Rundquist
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
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:25 pm
by saecrow
that's really cool. . . . i'm pretty certain, that my exact "disney" jacket:
http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=saecrow
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:35 pm
by Doctor_Jones
this is pretty cool! thanks for sharing!
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:25 am
by Solent MKIII
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:
