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Oh... some 40
years ago
James Henson had a dream... He owned a small engine shop
in Paris Arkansas and he wanted an Arkansas Razorback Helmet Car....
No one had one so.... He just built one! It made all the home
games and several road games and a few bowl games! James and
his buddies loved to take the car to games!
James' brother has promised us
some history stories, including the year the Helmet Car was stolen
in Texas... check back.
Our helmet car was one of five
that was built: Ours, One at a High School in Texas, Paris
High School had one (The helmet is now at the Hawg House in
Fayetteville painted red) Arkansas Tech University had one (Theirs
is now at Ozark High School painted Purple and is on a four-wheller) and James Henson kept
one that was part of his small engine shop sign. That helmet
is now the Paris Eagles helmet mounted on the chassis that Ozark discarded into a salvage
yard.... we found it!)
This site desperately needs your
photos and memory stories! Please email me your thoughts on
the Helmet Car... to
hoghelmet@parisark.com
and any pictures... Lets build a memory section for all us "Old Hog
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