UPS Brown Derby Jackets - Old School- Uniform- Need Info - Brown Cafe

derbyjackets · 09-09-2009, 12:10 PM

Can anyone old school ups tell me about the original UPS brown derby ups jackes that were worn for years. Derby jackets were made in s.f. until the 1980's i see some derbys on e bay for over 100 bucks

I would like to know if any old school or new school ups guys and gals
remember the derby jackets, etc

thank you

ikoi62 · 09-09-2009, 12:38 PM

I have never heard of a Derby jacket, i still have a old Ike jacket that a old timer gave me before he retired looks something like the one in the link except its brown. i know a few drivers that still wear theirs.it kinda pisses off some management people but it was a issued uniform.

http://www.marlowwhite.com/dress-uni...ke-jacket.html

Hoaxster · 09-09-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by derbyjackets

Can anyone old school ups tell me about the original UPS brown derby ups jackets that were worn for years. Derby jackets were made in s.f. until the 1980's i see some derbys on e bay for over 100 bucks

I would like to know if any old school or new school ups guys and gals
remember the derby jackets, etc

thank you

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Originally Posted by ikoi62

I have never heard of a Derby jacket, i still have a old Ike jacket that a old timer gave me before he retired looks something like the one in the link except its brown. i know a few drivers that still wear theirs.it kinda pisses off some management people but it was a issued uniform.

http://www.marlowwhite.com/dress-uni...ke-jacket.html

I remember both. I still have my old Ike jacket. Wasn't much on warmth and hasn't fit in years.

Big Babooba · 09-09-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoaxster

I remember both. I still have my old Ike jacket. Wasn't much on warmth and hasn't fit in years.

Shrinkage.........right????

Hoaxster · 09-09-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Babooba

Shrinkage.........right????

NO ... girthage creepage.

mattwtrs · 09-09-2009, 07:44 PM

I know my Ike jacket sure made a great pillow back in the day when I used to sleep on the steering wheel of my F Model.

I think my jacket disappeared sometime in 1985 and it was not very warm .. The buttons fell off in 1979.

Just Numbers · 09-09-2009, 08:59 PM

Those Ike jackets were very cold.

Hoaxster · 09-09-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Numbers

Those Ike jackets were very cold.

Yep, I thought they were real cool too.

john346 · 09-09-2009, 09:14 PM

Had a Derby for a few years, was a great fit & pretty warm too. When it got so frayed & bad I had to exchange it for a new coat. Still regret turning it back in.

helenofcalifornia · 09-09-2009, 10:08 PM

Does anyone have a picture of the derby jacket?

NEFARIOUS · 09-09-2009, 11:24 PM

I want one of those Ike jackets! I would sport that thing all the time...

derbyjackets · 09-10-2009, 10:18 AM

The brown derby jackets made for ups by Derby of san francisco had a derby label inside....some had a gold lining, others just a plain lining, but still a derby.

Derby also made the jackets in like black, blue, tan, etc..for years

I have seen a derby going on e bay for 124 bucks, a tan one...

But any UPS information about the derbys is appreciated....

The uniform jackets now...well i have seen them, not like the old school
derbys ut i guess everything has to change.

thanks

derbyjackets · 09-10-2009, 10:23 AM

I uploaded two pic of the derby jacket--but it is BLACK

Derby made the same jacket but in UPS B

ups79 · 09-10-2009, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoaxster

I remember both. I still have my old Ike jacket. Wasn't much on warmth and hasn't fit in years.

Had an allergy to wool. The first day I used that ike jacket, I had welts from hives all over my back. Never had it on again, no matter how cold I got.

derbyjackets · 09-11-2009, 07:21 AM

They are not IKE jackets!! THey are derbys jackets, the IKE's i dont know if people are getting confused...

Um, i never heard of a derby being referred to as an IKe, just a Derby.

I never heard of anyone getting a rash from a derby jacket--maybe you got stung by a BEE. or were alergic to SOAP

Cheers

JimJimmyJames · 09-11-2009, 09:27 AM

No one is confused.

Have you ever posted to a forum before? We know you specifically want to know about "derby" jackets. But the discussion has broadened to include other types of jackets. Conversations deviating from the original topic are a common occurence in life, especially on internet forums.

Chill, you will get as much information as people choose to give or know.

Along with information you don't want at all

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derbyjackets · 09-11-2009, 10:49 AM

i looked up IKE jackets, i guess similiar but not a Derby, so i want to
get it correct. I appreciate the other information of course.

Im sure out of the thousands of current and ex drivers for ups, some are
still worn, or get in plastic hanging in the closet.

I never was a delivery driver, only a tow truck driver...did service call and
all the aa, except our PACKAGES were autos, junp starts, flat tires, wrecks. lock out etc.

Cheers

trplnkl · 09-11-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by derbyjackets

I never was a delivery driver, only a tow truck driver...did service call and
all the aa, except our PACKAGES were autos, junp starts, flat tires, wrecks. lock out etc.

Cheers

In this case there is another thing you should know. UPS employees sometimes have a language all their own. For some reason unknown to me, UPS often used names for stuff that just doesn't make sense to the outside world.

derbyjackets · 09-14-2009, 07:33 AM

What do you mean UPS employees use a language of their own--all the ups guys and gals i know seem tu use proper language!!

A derby jacket is not an IKE jacket...the o nly Ike I knew was about a bald headed president i learned about in History, who did nothing and was useless, but better as a general.

A derby jacket is called a Derby Jacket...maybe an Ike jacket is similiar
but UPS wore derby jackets back then until they changed. etc

Cheers

ups79 · 09-14-2009, 07:51 AM

Sounds to me like you have a rash, "derbyjacket".

JimJimmyJames · 09-14-2009, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by derbyjackets

What do you mean UPS employees use a language of their own--all the ups guys and gals i know seem tu use proper language!!

A derby jacket is not an IKE jacket...the o nly Ike I knew was about a bald headed president i learned about in History, who did nothing and was useless, but better as a general.

A derby jacket is called a Derby Jacket...maybe an Ike jacket is similiar
but UPS wore derby jackets back then until they changed. etc

Cheers

Well, we call delivery trucks "package cars", we call switchers "shifters", etc. Plus we have all kinds of acroynyms that, combined with our own labels we give to activites and objects, gives UPS a unique "language".

I take offense at your mischaracterization of Ike. Not only did he lead us to victory in WW2, he presided over a period of time in America that is often looked back with fondness (for example, the t.v. show "Happy Days"). For a large part of America, the decade ultimately represents the "American Dream", when what we term as the middle class was at it's most prosperous. Don't fall for all the liberal left slandor about the fifties.

As for these fakakta "derby" jackets, I have never heard that term in all my life until your post. And I have worked for UPS for 22 years. The picture you provided as an example looks to me like a "bomber" jacket. UPS still provides a bomber type jacket, but without a dress shirt type collar.

slantnosechevy · 09-14-2009, 09:13 PM

They were called "Ike Jackets" here in the midwest. Never heard of a "Derby Jacket" and I slept in a Holiday Inn Express.

derbyjackets · 09-15-2009, 07:18 AM

JimJimmyJames:

Seems like you are obsessed with using all of the fancy wordology - and Ike as a Flop as a president, as a general, well it took him a while to defeat the Germans.

IKE was a Flop Flop IKE was a Flop Flop - that is my opinion, and I'm using a fancy
terms.

Cheers

JimJimmyJames · 09-15-2009, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by derbyjackets

JimJimmyJames:

Seems like you are obsessed with using all of the fancy wordology...

Wait til I start using "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" in a sentence! Oops, I just did!

As for opinions, you know what they say about those...they are like :*******:, everyone's got one!

Good luck in your search for the elusive "derby" jacket

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PobreCarlos · 09-15-2009, 09:50 AM

They were called "Ike" jackets, I believe, because of the short-waisted fit that was popularized by Eisenhower's wearing of the (uniform) style in WWII; had nothing to do with who made them....any more than "Nehru jackets" (remember them?) were made my India's head honcho.