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    Dispatch riders Fibre rim helmet

    Brought this home today from a local fair... Hope u all like it ;-)









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    Originally posted by smle1940 View Post
    Brought this home today from a local fair... Hope u all like it ;-)
    Of course I do! very nice one with superb paint and patina

    Best
    Thierry

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      #3
      Very nice dispatch riders helmet.... congrats

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        #4
        Nice helmet , alot of work went into the construction of these which is surprizing for a British item !

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          #5
          Very nice ! The shell has signs of a removed top pad, which means it may have been a para lid at one time.

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            #6
            Normally people use DR helmets to fake para helmets, but it's been done in reverse for some reason.
            If you can, can you have a look on the inside shell to see if there is an yellow blob of paint, might be where the liner is fixed to the shell so might have a job to find it.

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              Originally posted by tinlid View Post
              Normally people use DR helmets to fake para helmets, but it's been done in reverse for some reason.
              If you can, can you have a look on the inside shell to see if there is an yellow blob of paint, might be where the liner is fixed to the shell so might have a job to find it.
              I'll try to find it, and what kind of reason do you mean then?
              I hope this is a good example I've bought...

              Glenn

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                Originally posted by smle1940 View Post
                I'll try to find it, and what kind of reason do you mean then?
                I hope this is a good example I've bought...

                Glenn
                It is a good one, don't worry. Dispatch rider helmets don't have a top pad. We think they used a fibre-rim paratrooper helmet shell to make your dispatch rider helmet. You can see the chalk mark and black glue circle where a top pad used to be in this helmet.
                The liner and bolts are dispatch rider. The shell is ex-paratrooper.

                Super helmet

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                  #9
                  But the replacement was done war-time then?

                  or was it a shell that was produced and mentioned to be a para example, but actually they made a DR helmet of it... Or was it a para one for a short time period and then a soldier converted it?

                  maybe difficult to say, but I'm still learning about those 'fibre rims'...

                  Glenn

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by SMP View Post
                    Dispatch rider helmets don't have a top pad.
                    Does anyone has an example to post?

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                      #11
                      The HSAT had the crash pad in the top of the helmet while the HSDR didn't have one.
                      Also all the HSDR that I've seen, the four nuts & bolts that hold the liner in place, the bolts have been snipped off so they don't protrude past the nut. While all of yours have not been cut & protrude past the nut. I suppose if the rider had a crash & banged his head against the inside of the helmet he might come into contact with them.

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                        Originally posted by tinlid View Post
                        Also all the HSDR that I've seen, the four nuts & bolts that hold the liner in place, the bolts have been snipped off .....

                        These have been snipped, Aaron.

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                          You might be right, just that mine are cut right back to the nut. Could be the close up pictures that make them look longer.

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                              No top pad .
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