Finally finished it...

[Erich Reichert]

one of my most favoritest things I have!

[bearrickster]

Very Cool but you know you need to list everyone that has signed it

[Erich Reichert]

Only one man signs that jacket... one man!

[GJW]

mind blowingly cool erich did you send it to him to sign? race meet? very happy for you dude.

[Erich Reichert]

I wish. It's funny, I've met almost every driver that ever was EXCEPT Masami. I actually found this on eBay years ago and it's been sitting in a box until I could get a frame for it. According to the person I got it from, it was his jacket from the Worlds in Australia when he swept. I have a friend at Yokomo that I have always wanted to ask just to make sure. Even if it wasn't really THAT one, it's still my favorite thing in my shop. I think I may take it back out and try to straighten it up a little more. That one sleeve is bugging me!

[littleVETTE]

that's sweet. how thick is the frame? custom?

[Erich Reichert]

Its a 16x20 shadow box I got at Micheal's Arts and Crafts for like 25 bucks! it's about 3 or 4 inches thick and I cut a sheet of carboard and folded the jacket around it to give it some body to stand up... that and I couldn't bare to stick pins through it or put velcro on it.

[littleVETTE]

sweet. 25 bucks? usually you see frames like that go for crazy money. i got to check out michaels.

[Erich Reichert]

Ya it was around the holidays and it was on sale. They usually have prtty good prices though.

[bearrickster]

You should be wearing it at the next Nats buy the way that is when??

[Erich Reichert]

Anyone that knows me even a little bit HAS to know that I tried to put it on. Depite the fact that I'm not really a heavy set guy it's surprisingly small on my my guess would be about a medium. I can't get both arms in and the sleeve is about 3/4 sleeve on my arm.

On another note I just set the date with RCHR this Saturday. It'll be Sept 15-18th. I'll be sending out emails this month and mailers in the spring. Some exciting things for this year!

[drbelleville]

That is so awesome, to imagine how hard it is to find any vintage Yokomo clothing let alone a piece that is signed by masami!

[Coelacanth]

You gotta wear that next time you go to the mall.

Seriously though, it's a pretty cool collector's piece.