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#148783 11/29/2007 03:20 PM
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Is this good and how much should I pay?Decal is a goldish color and most of it is there,lots of paint left,liner is pretty decent and has chinstrap.Would it grade very good?

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#148784 11/29/2007 03:21 PM
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#148790 11/29/2007 06:01 PM
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A nice Army helmet .I would loose that liner string ,values seem to be rising all the time so I would guess $800+ ,how much to pay depends on who is selling.Rob

#148791 11/29/2007 11:27 PM
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Hey thanks Rob,yah the string looks like its off a tennis shoe!Will lose it,I really like the helmet been looking for one in decent cond. vet bringback and never fooled with thank goodness,except added shoestring,wheres my sissors!

#148792 11/29/2007 11:59 PM
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Nice looking Heer combat helmet


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#148793 12/11/2007 04:37 AM
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Thanks,Love the original paint,seen some m40 helmets on some of these sites that dont look the same but say original,was there a wide variety of paints used on these,or just a bunch of repainted fakes?

#148794 12/13/2007 09:56 PM
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Very nice.

agreed, lose the draw string you can get original strings to match the liner. I like the ET m40 color and textures.

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#148795 12/16/2007 03:01 AM
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Thanks,I lost the shoestring!Had a nazi pennant with long cords vet cut from a string of them and brought back, well used it,garanteed it wont blacklite,look ok?

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#148797 12/16/2007 07:53 AM
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Looks more period. nice helemt

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#148798 12/19/2007 10:39 AM
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I'm going to ask a stupid question. This is a Vet find and you changed the draw string and that's ok with everybody. Why not change the liner and strap and upgrade the helmet from nice to mint condition. Just had to ask because I have seen people beat up on this site for even thinking of part switching.

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quote:
Originally posted by dwells:
I'm going to ask a stupid question. This is a Vet find and you changed the draw string and that's ok with everybody. Why not change the liner and strap and upgrade the helmet from nice to mint condition. Just had to ask because I have seen people beat up on this site for even thinking of part switching.


You have a problem with replacing a sneaker string put on the helmet in the "1970's" and comparing that to completely replacing the liner with a new one?


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#148800 12/20/2007 01:35 AM
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How does one even begin to answer that question...????


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quote:
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Originally posted by dwells:
I'm going to ask a stupid question. This is a Vet find and you changed the draw string and that's ok with everybody. Why not change the liner and strap and upgrade the helmet from nice to mint condition. Just had to ask because I have seen people beat up on this site for even thinking of part switching.


You have a problem with replacing a sneaker string put on the helmet in the "1970's" and comparing that to completely replacing the liner with a new one?


That me try that again...

I do not see a problem with replacing the string in the helmet. The string in the first picture is obvious a post war addition. I do not think you can compare competely removing an original liner and replacing it to "upgrade the helmet."


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#148802 12/21/2007 09:58 PM
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I didnt switch any original parts the original string was lost to time, so I see nothing wrong with removeing a post war added shoestring and putting a period string back on it.Comparing that to replacing the original liner or repaint etc. back to "mint" is ridiculous IMO.That tampering would be hard to undo!


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