Big Wimp Question/ Helmet in a Roadster?

the level that one cheats death or not is a personal preference.

i wouldnt wear a helmet, but could understand why one would.

-scott noteboom

 

Wear a helmet. Just a half helmet like the others pictured would be fine.

Customize it to make it fit your car. Paint it, stripe it,put stickers or something else on it.

Or go all out and buy something a little larger than your helmet to cover it. Like these!LOL

 

Not to hijack this for german helmet talk... But he's right. I used to collect. Here is a good reference page for the steel pots....
http://www.germanhelmet.com/abouthelmet.html
Scroll down and you will see that helmet. Hope you didn't pay authentic prices...

Brian

 

Here's a Moal "faux" helmet with Stroker McGurk/Tom Medley art. I do wear a shorty helmet and prescription goggles while driving my Lakester

 

I would not normally wear a helmet in a street car but last year when I drove my brother's roadster to the Hunnert Car Pile Up the temps were in the low 30's. I wore my old funny car Simpson which has a Nomex head sock built in. I also wore the 5 layer Simpson jacket and the funny car gloves and was comfortably warm even when the Saturday morning temps were int he teens.
It was also a good deal on Sunday morning as it was raining when we left to head back home. The windshield kept my body dry when I managed to scrunch down enough in the seat and the only time I got even slightly damp was when we slowed down for towns.
I may have looked a bit dorky but I did not come down with pneumonia the following week either.



Roo

 

I've been hit with a piece of lorry tyre tread and also hit in the face with the hood from my car when it blew off.

If you haven't yet been hit by a tyre tread - don't worry - your turn will come.

Both times really really hurt and the second time I was knocked out and was lucky not to die when I lost control of the car.

I now wear a "Top Gun" stylee jet face helmet whenever I travel on the motorway (freeway). There are plenty of cool helmets about.

Other advantages of wearing a helmet is that wind noise can really damage your hearing and you can drive further, longer and faster because you don't get fatigued so quickly.

 

Hey guys, thanks for the old helmet info! Its kinda cool to figure out what I really have. And by the way... I only gave $10 for the SPANISH helmet!
Nick

 

What a great quote

 

I had a replica WWII leather flying helmet and goggles I would wear on long trips in my old A RPU. It had zippers on either side for headphones so I bought a motorbike communication system and put it in them hooked up to a stereo. You could listen to music, talk, have a bit of protection and you didn't look like a right fuckwit!

 

This one has worked for me

 

You could get one of those helmets that have the big horns on it with some hair,always a good statement.

 

oh yea hard hat for sure...........

 

use the helmet at the track, get a pair of goggles and roll

 

I had always heard helmets...like a full face ...were illegal in a car. Guess not huh.