Classic Rally Jackets

[pja]

An official Subrau team jacket languishing in the back of a wardrobe, (which I would sell if anyone would be a collector of such a thing )

[Old Merc]

I bet Niki would not allow Lewis or Nico on the podium in jackets?

[tr250]

aeropilot said:

2172cc said:

I have a virtually un-worn one of these at home in a suit cover. Forgot all about it for decades, until discovering it a wardrobe last year when clearing out my late mothers house
Must get around to putting on the bay of evil one day

2172cc said:

I remember wanting one of the proper Ford RS forest jackets , you know the one with the brown fur lined collar

Funnily enough, I also found my also virtually un-worn pukka RS Forest jacket in a suit cover in the same wardrobe as well

Still have the Leyland jacket? I'm a silly Triumph owner and yes I'd wear it

Regards

Todd

[Johnnytheboy]

My dad probably has a wardrobe full of these kind of jackets somewhere in the house!

We used to wear them to do the gardening!

[williamp]

I've got a Bovis Aston Nimrod jacket from 1982 in 100% british Nylon, and an Ecurie Ecosse AMR1 jacket from 1989. Both group C. As an aside, I also have the very rare (exclusive is the wrong word) Aston shell suit from the early 90s.

[Old Merc]

The late Richard Burns and his first team in 1990 (and his first rally jacket)

[2172cc]

Forget about the Escort, just look at those rally jackets!. Probably the heyday of the shiny classic rally jacket..1978
This is John Taylor driving the Haynes of Maidstone Escort RS on the Manx Rally

[fouronthefloor]

A relative of mine was having a clear out recently and found a couple of original 1970s Lotus rally jackets. Does anyone know if these were official Lotus issue? They're made in England and he seems to think there is a photo floating around of Colin Chapman wearing one.

[PurpleTurtle]

I used to love mine as a kid in the 1970s, following the RAC Rally.

I'm currently sporting the older version of this with stripes down the sleeves rather than the chest.

https://www.racewear24.de/en/fan-articles/Martini-...

Gilet pretty cool too:

https://www.racewear24.de/en/fan-articles/Martini-...

[Mr Tidy]

Somehow missed this first time around!

I had a black Lotus JPS one in the 70s and wore it until it fell to bits.

[Dapster]

The great man Hannu Mikkola about to jacket up. Arne Hertz already looking ice cool rocking the Audi Sport jacket plus the dizzyingly sexy Audi branded helmet hold all. Fair bit of polyester amongst the 'tashes in the crowd.

Edited by Dapster on Wednesday 9th November 22:17

[Miserablegit]

Mr Tidy said:

Somehow missed this first time around!

I had a black Lotus JPS one in the 70s and wore it until it fell to bits.

I had a black Lotus JPS one as well and, as a previous poster discovered above, it went up like a bush fire when I got too close to the fire at home…

[Louis Balfour]

In the 70s and 80s, when I was riding bikes, there were similar jackets available with the big 4 Japanese bike manufacturer logos on them.

They afforded as much protection as satin pyjamas, but the fact that they were in manufacturer colours and had their logo meant that they were considered riding jackets. It was if a thin nylon bomber jacket took on magical impact and abrasion protection properties, if it was lime green and had "Kawasaki" in big letters across the shoulders.

[Mr Tidy]

I had one of those too - a Yamaha "Y" front one when I bought my RD250 in 1978.

Luckily it never came into contact with the road!

[Harji]

pja said:

An official Subrau team jacket languishing in the back of a wardrobe, (which I would sell if anyone would be a collector of such a thing )

I thought they were given with the car along with Subaru fleeces and caps as thats what all the Subaru owners seemed be wearing while driving.

[PurpleTurtle]

Louis Balfour said:

In the 70s and 80s, when I was riding bikes, there were similar jackets available with the big 4 Japanese bike manufacturer logos on them.

They afforded as much protection as satin pyjamas, but the fact that they were in manufacturer colours and had their logo meant that they were considered riding jackets. It was if a thin nylon bomber jacket took on magical impact and abrasion protection properties, if it was lime green and had "Kawasaki" in big letters across the shoulders.

I remember the 'Durex' ones of those when they sponsored Suzuki in the bike racing. You had to not be particularly shy when wearing one!

In fact, it seems the not-at-all-shy Keith Flint of The Prodigy had one!

https://www.cheffins.co.uk/fine-art/lot-view,keith...

[2172cc]

[coppice]

This is the one I so coveted- when I joined the Marshals' Club as a callow 17 year old , all the grown ups wore one of these (and nearly all of them drove Mk 2 Cortina GTs too).

[markymarkthree]

Here is my late fathers JPS jacket, from when he used to have a Mk2 JPS Capri.
It now lives on the back seat of my Mk3 Cortina. Been offered good money for it but it aint going nowhere.

[Lotusgone]

As a sixteen year old, I couldn't afford a Ferrari jacket.

Instead, I bought an Alfa jacket and got my mum to sew on a Ferrari badge.

We had it tough in those days...