Here is my grandfather's, Ollie Morris, helmet he used when he drove the Smokin' White Owl. The skunk is painted on the side because he used to mix bezene with his nitro. He always started his engine on alcohol, which he injected into the Stromberg carbs with a hypodermic needle. When the pit crew could smell the benzene they knew he was running on nitro. They would signal him that the engine was on nitro, then he would pull up to the line. Because of the bezene, they called him "Stinker". On the November 1954 issue of Hot Rod, he can be seen wearing the helmet and goggles. The helmet is a WWII Army tank helmet. Dan Marvin, Owner Exeter Auto Supply
Badass thread!!! Here's one I picked up to stripe and hang on the wall......also recently picked up a blue tinted "bubble" to snap on it.....so I can wear the fucker once I build a bike.
All of mine are off topic but you may like this one. The green face is flat clear and the helmet is gloss.
A fellow who works at the chrome shop here drives his motorcycle to work whenever he can; his helmet is an original WW1 USA helmet originally worn by his grandfather in WW1. Pretty cool to me. He has it painted Kawasaki green to match his bike, and lost count of how many times he has replaced the webbing and straps over the many years he has worn it, including a nasty crash. We keep talking about polishing it up and nickel plating it. It would look absolutly sick. It looks like these: http://www.snyderstreasures.com/pages/wwihelmets.htm
heres one i did not long ago I wanted to keep going he made me stop heres the front you can barley see where I was trying to sell him on more striping with the soap pencil
Civil defense steel helmet circa 1944. When my older brother would use me for target practice with his pea shooter in the early 50s it would "ping" like a college baseball bat.
a buddy of mine used to wear an all black helmet with his blood type lettered on the side in red...just in case! Morbid, but practical.
If I remember correctly that was a requirement if you were racing professionally in certain associations.I painted several helmets with that info on them.
Blood types on helms are required in many forms of racing Many of my helms are just a little older ...... As is my Norton.
I didn't know that about being a requirement for racing. He wasn't a professional racer, just an amateur knucklehead. In his case, it was just good thinking!
My brother cory (customcory) back in about 1973 painted his first helmet. He painted a Vondutch eyeball on the top. Here he is carving out the floor of his soap box derby car with helmet in the background. Pictures are as good as I could git.
My boss had a nasty accident so we made this helmet for him as a get well gift his name is Ben hence Evel Benievel
When I was a kid I had a metal flake blue one, and my cousin had a yellow one. I wonder if theyre still hanging in his barn?
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