Bob Lilly TK2 Style 1966 Dallas Cowboys Football Helmet Authentic Color Paint

Please read entire description. Very rare, full size TK2 style helmet which has been customized to replicate the helmet worn by All-Time NFL great and Hall of Famer, “Mr. Cowboy”, Bob Lilly, from 1964-1966.

This is a recently manufactured helmet, but you will not find this paint on any other helmets available on the market these days unless you purchase an authentic original Cowboys TK, and that paint will have faded to a certain degree. The paint we used on this helmet has been specially created by color matching an area on an original Cowboys RIDDell RK2 shell which has not been exposed to sunlight or elements since it was manufactured and painted at the RIDDell factory in 1968.

As a Cowboys fan I have always desired to create this paint to match the game used Cowboys helmets of the 1960s and 1970s when America’s Team’s helmet shell colors matched their shiny blue-silver pants! We then had to find the correct paint, as most paints these days are not suited to this effort. We have spared no expense in creating this truly rare and historically correct collectible.

This beauty has also been outfitted with iconic Cowboys stars, made from multiple layered thin mil decals, and striping of the Cowboys as RIDDell would have applied in 1964-66. The star decals are made by laying the appropriate color blue vinyl on top of the white. You read that correctly- these stars are made with two appropriately sized pieces of vinyl!

Throw in the Cowboys' famous dymo tape with "Lilly" on the rear center stripe in appropriate blue color created by using a vintage Dymo-tape label maker and vintage original Dymo-tape, and you have a truly rare collectible.

Helmet is built to represent the famous 1960s configuration of the TK suspension helmet with 12-spoke suspension, made with the same materials and colors as the originals, and readily recognized by the fully rounded shell, accented by the handsome metal rivets.

PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT CLAIMING THIS HELMET WAS ISSUED OR USED BY the Cowboys or Mr. Lilly. Will make a stunning display, and looks like it just came off the field!

All of our helmets are for display purposes only! They are not to be used or worn for competitive play. Westbrook Sportscards has been in business since 1988.