1980's Football Helmets.

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Actually, I do have another question. What Maxpro helmets were used in the 1980's? I see these Maxpro 2001 Model helmets, but are those from the 1980's? For what I've read, there was a brief time in the late 1980's-early 1990's when Riddell owned Maxpro (or at least the naming rights) and made helmet that were basically a Riddell shell with different padding in it. Thanks.

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Thanks to some more research online, I have narrowed down the prospective helmet styles to these:

Rawlings AIMS
Bike/AHI Air
Riddell WD-1 or AF-2

The years that I am concentrating on are 1984-1987.

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I just bought an unused white Riddell WD-1 and a grey OPO Red Dot mask from Dan Dunn today. It should arrive sometime next week. I was able to get both (with shipping) for $75. I thought it was a pretty reasonable deal considering what I was getting.

I was debating whether or not to buy that helmet or bid on a shop-worn cardinal Schutt Pro Air II on eBay, and then try to find the guts and bumpers for an old Bike helmet. But, I figured that 1) such parts may be hard to find and 2) the only to find these parts is to buy a used helmet, and those things may either be expensive or have parts that are so worn down that they are not worth using.

Plus, the center stripes I have for the helmet are individually cut, so I preferred to put them on a Riddell helmet rather than the Schutt.