{"id":1622,"date":"2009-12-06T01:15:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T07:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davintosh.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2009-12-06T01:15:27","modified_gmt":"2009-12-06T07:15:27","slug":"the-texaco-fire-chief-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/06\/the-texaco-fire-chief-helmet\/old-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The Texaco Fire Chief Helmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somebody at work was complaining the other day about feeling like she hadn&#8217;t accomplished anything that day because she spent all her time &#8220;putting out fires&#8221;. I could relate; I have days like that pretty regularly. But with Christmas approaching, the thought occurred to me that it&#8217;d be fun to get her a toy fireman&#8217;s helmet as a gag gift, and that led me to remember one of the coolest toys of my childhood, a Texaco Fire Chief helmet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet1.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet1-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet1\" title=\"TexacoHelmet1\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1623\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was not just any plastic toy hat; it had an adjustable head strap, and a microphone with an amplifier and speaker built into the front of the helmet. I don&#8217;t remember when I got the helmet; probably a Christmas gift that kinda blended in with all the other gifts, not leaving any distinct memories. I also have no idea what happened to it, but I&#8217;d bet it was jettisoned back in 1977 when my family moved from the house I grew up in &mdash; a lot of stuff disappeared during that move. By that time I had pretty much outgrown that toy, but these days I&#8217;d sure like to have it back, just for old time&#8217;s sake. I do remember being frustrated with it not working, but if I had it now, I bet I could get it working again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davintosh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet8.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davintosh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet8-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet8\" title=\"TexacoHelmet8\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1628\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found several helmets like mine up for bids on eBay (of course); <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/Rare-50s-60s-Texaco-Fire-Chief-Helmet-Premium-Unused_W0QQitemZ270494890984QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3efac07be8#ht_5412wt_941\">the one pictured<\/a> was in particularly good condition, and had some great photos (that I could actually borrow; it&#8217;s eBay is making it pretty tough to link or directly download images from auctions these days.) I&#8217;m really tempted to bid on it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet2-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet2\" title=\"TexacoHelmet2\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1634\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet3.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet3-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet3\" title=\"TexacoHelmet3\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1633\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet4.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet4-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet4\" title=\"TexacoHelmet4\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1632\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet5.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet5\" title=\"TexacoHelmet5\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1631\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet6-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet6\" title=\"TexacoHelmet6\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1630\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet7-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet7\" title=\"TexacoHelmet7\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1629\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet8\" title=\"TexacoHelmet8\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1628\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet9\" title=\"TexacoHelmet9\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1627\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet10-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet10\" title=\"TexacoHelmet10\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1626\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet11-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet11\" title=\"TexacoHelmet11\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1625\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/TexacoHelmet12-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"TexacoHelmet12\" title=\"TexacoHelmet12\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1624\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somebody at work was complaining the other day about feeling like she hadn&#8217;t accomplished anything that day because she spent all her time &#8220;putting out fires&#8221;. I could relate; I have days like that pretty regularly. But with Christmas approaching, the thought occurred to me that it&#8217;d be fun to get her a toy fireman&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,25,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun","category-gadgets","category-old-things"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}