I dropped my Roadster of at Richard Thorne’s in Reading today for some warranty work. As I was in the area I went on down to Aero Leather/ Moto-Lita at Thruxton to check out their leather jackets. Of course, I ended up ordering something
The first jacket I looked at was the light weight Irvin Flight Jacket. Wow - if this is light weight what must the regular weight be like. It’s a great jacket but just to heavy and cumbersome for use in the small Morgan cockpit. I would still love to get one one day - the quality was superb and it’s a lovely thing, but just not all that practical in a small cabined car like the Morgan.
But I fell in love with the Monza jacket. As Peter (Gambalunga) points out this is far more practical for driving - very warm with something of the look of the flight jacket but less cumbersome and allowing greater movement. Because I need the longer sleeves and body they did not have one in stock so I’ve ordered and it should be here in about 5 weeks. The Monza looks like a great jacket for open top driving.
