Bridgestone Potenza Motorsport Mechanic Coverall

BRIDGESTONE POTENZA MOTORSPORT MECHANIC COVERALL

Archive ID: ZJP-A-0032 | Vintage Apparel

Condition: Grade B (moderate, age-consistent wear)

Bridgestone Potenza team coverall in off-white and charcoal, panelled with black across the shoulders, chest pockets and lower body. Full-length zip front, black stand collar, twin flap chest pockets, and a Velcro waist belt carrying a woven BRIDGESTONE Motorsport label. The right chest wears a POTENZA patch over a red THE BRIDGESTONE ULTRA SPORT strip, POTENZA runs down the left sleeve, and the back is printed POTENZA above BRIDGESTONE. Documented in honest used condition and graded B.

CONDITION REPORT

- Age-consistent wear overall; the pale panels show light handling marks as photographed.

- POTENZA chest patch, sleeve lettering and the printed back graphic are intact and fully legible.

- Woven BRIDGESTONE Motorsport waist-belt label is present and clean, with a small mark to its left edge.

- Full-length zip, stand collar, flap chest pockets and Velcro waist belt all present and intact.

- No holes, tears or open seams visible in the supplied photographs.

DETAILS

- Item Type: Full-zip mechanic / team coverall

- Shell: Off-white cotton-blend twill panelled in charcoal and black

- Branding: POTENZA chest patch over a red THE BRIDGESTONE ULTRA SPORT strip; POTENZA down the left sleeve; printed POTENZA / BRIDGESTONE back graphic; woven BRIDGESTONE Motorsport belt label

- Features: Full-length zip; black stand collar; twin flap chest pockets; Velcro waist belt

- Origin: Japan

- Era: 2000s

- Measured Size (flat): 18 in pit-to-pit (36 in chest) x 54 in shoulder to hem

- Estimated NA Fit: US Men's S

ARCHIVE NOTES

Potenza is Bridgestone's high-performance tyre range, and the name the company took racing: Bridgestone competed in Formula 1 from 1997 to 2010, latterly as the championship's sole tyre supplier, and the Potenza brand was carried on the grand prix tyre itself. Bridgestone Motorsport was the division behind that programme and behind the company's wider competition activity, and coveralls in this livery belong to the paddock and service side of it rather than to a car constructor. The woven Bridgestone Motorsport belt label and the Potenza chest patch together place the garment squarely in that era. Branding is documented from the garment's own patches, prints and woven label; no team issue, specific season or race use is claimed.

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