Quote Originally Posted by joelsabi View Post
found this photo. does it match up where i circles. is this another blue stitch. i cannot tell.

here is a http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2368146 auction for a reed road short with the Reed sewn inside too for comparison.
the short is from the 1960s so yours is later period so the lining is different color and the size went up from 38 to 40. so not the best thing to compare it to.