12-14-2014, 08:57 AM
Quite some time back during a bit of nostalgic daydreaming I recalled the white caps that were sold by Bell Helmets. I remember having one when I was young, but I have no idea what I ever did with it.
I visited to eBay out of curiosity to see what I might find. Surprisingly I turned up nothing. Then I googled the darn things. I found almost no information out there on the web about this apparently elusive item. (In time a few grungy examples showed up on eBay for insane prices.)
That would have been the end of the story had I not found the same basic white cap (minus the spiffy patch) for sale locally for cheap. While the original caps were hard to come by on eBay, the patches were not. So I bought one in order to make a Bell Helmets cap of my own.
It actually turned out better than I expected. Now that I've finished the cap, I'm not exactly sure how much use I'll get out of it. Honestly, it doesn't really matter as I was on a bit of a mission. It does strike me as the perfect headgear to wear for activities like washing and polishing the CB.
Anyone else remember these?
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I visited to eBay out of curiosity to see what I might find. Surprisingly I turned up nothing. Then I googled the darn things. I found almost no information out there on the web about this apparently elusive item. (In time a few grungy examples showed up on eBay for insane prices.)
That would have been the end of the story had I not found the same basic white cap (minus the spiffy patch) for sale locally for cheap. While the original caps were hard to come by on eBay, the patches were not. So I bought one in order to make a Bell Helmets cap of my own.
It actually turned out better than I expected. Now that I've finished the cap, I'm not exactly sure how much use I'll get out of it. Honestly, it doesn't really matter as I was on a bit of a mission. It does strike me as the perfect headgear to wear for activities like washing and polishing the CB.
Anyone else remember these?