Egyptian helmets...

Not at all car related but entertaining none the less...

So just to outline here

Reminds me of a race in Tennessee when I was competing with the Tennessee style dirt track machines. A " brand new" driver showed up and was allowed to drive with his "home-made" crash helmet. A real jewel and has been a great memory to talk about with...Frank Rice., co-builder, race engineer, mechanic and friend.

The helmet was an aluminum cooking pot with a leather thong to hold it on!!! I can still see it today! A very proud, young mountaineer an future NASCAR to be driver. One has to understand that the track was located in a mountain swag on the border of Tennessee and Kentucky!

WE went home with a new track record and winnings, but was very glad to go home in one piece. All the drivers complained that our #3 smelled "funny". A later discussion for Carlisle.

Aaron, I'll see your pot and raise you a box, brick and body armour.

almost as good as our melon helmuts..........

GO RIDERS!!!!

Aaron, my #1 smells funny when I eat asparagus and my #2 sometimes smells bad when I eat certain things.

I don't know what would cause your #3 to smell funny.

Mike, if you must know the truth...

Well, my #3 smelled funny for many reasons. Us old Mountaineers mixed our own engine fuel. My was old Mobile Oil's Purple Power mixed with ether and/or Wynn's Friction Proofing nitro fuel additive. Spectators would fall asleep seated at the entrance to number one turn! Blue balls of fuel/ether/nitro mixture would roll out the exhaust and bounce along the track as the engine was "breathed" before accelerating through the turn.

Brian,

Your Helmet#3 looks almost identical. This good old boy didn't have the handles on his pot, but had punched holes above the rim to attach the thongs.

Just shows to go ya that if an idea is good it knows no boundaries.

One reason I love this website is that it gives me such worldly insights - without the need to even leave the crapper.

lol - the buns take the cake (so to speak)

What's the saying....'necessity is the mother of invention'? Great pics!

Note the 'Old Style Helmet" Not Ms. Woods! Ah, yes for what some call better days? Graduated to the most up to date Bell when riding for OSSA in Hare/Hound Scrabbles and Endros.

A very good helmet was always needed. #3 was a terror!

if ur #1 smells funny after eating asparagus then u are in the 50% of the population that is missing a certain gene that turns the asparagus into methyl mercaptan, which is also related to the stuff skunks manufacture.
if u have the gene #1 smells normal and u are wondering the fuss is about the rest of us.

We truly thank you for that Bob - I guess . . .

Brian, I never opened this post until today. I have not laughed that friken hard in some time. Pic number three is pricless. You made my day.

My favorite from the last few days...

Better technical detail of the Bread Helmet. Here you can clearly see the use of a round sourdough boule for frontal protection, as distinct from the dual Ear Baguettes.

HEY JOHN
TOO FUNNY
HOW HAVE U BEEN

All good Gerd. Busy, but good. I'd rather live in California than Cairo, that's for sure...