Here is a photo of my modified jacket. I'm not sure I would have tackled the job myself if I had not read Alan's wonderful article.

I did stray from the suggestions a bit. Note that I never could find one with patch pockets, but found that if I tucked the flaps into the pockets and sewed them shut carefully they became far less noticable. I also started with a jacket that was a bit too big for me (I'm a 42 Long, and the jacket was a 46 Regular), figuring that I could always remove extra material. Finally, I pressed and then tacked down the lapels first, then cut and hemmed to match them rather than the other way around.
It certainly is not perfect, but I think it's very passable, especially for the $5.84 I paid for the jacket.

Oh, and I also had to close the single rear vent and found it to be no big deal at all. Tweed hides a multitude of sins.

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