Just how Old is the Oldest Piece of Equipment you own?

[Datsun's rock]

i have an old dick weber white five star black rubber

 

[AdrianS]

They got given to bowlers in the masters pro-am in the early 80's, cant be too many blank ones floating around after 20 odd years.

 

[Tiger]

The ball that Graham has pictured there, I have seen a guy named Bert Pepper using one down here as recently as about 5 years ago before he retired from bowling.
I bowled against him too, in about 1998 I think and he was still using the old black ball with the red stripe around it.
That ball looked as "shmicko" as the day he first bought it.

 

[griggsy]

the oldest I have laying round the house are an old earl anothy ebonite magnum, a buster, and an old purple urethane angle

 

[Mr279]

laying about i have
AMF pro roll
Cris Batson grabber
pink, black, purple, red 3D, blue 3D hammers
Turbo x
turbo pearl
and a few strikes in a box

 

[first300]

MANHATTAN RUBBER

THA OLD BLOODY MARY,RED AND WHITES SWIRLS WITH A CORK INTERIOR , THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS ,,THERE SHOULD BE A TOURNAMENT AND EVERYONE HAS TO USE RUBBER OR EARLIER AND THAT WOULD SORT THE MEN FROM THE BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Levithian]

Ill give it a go, only problem is where do we source the balls from :?: :?: :?:

 

[first300]

IF EVERYONE WENT TO THIER LOCAL SECOND HAND SHOP OR CASH CONVERTERS THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PICK UP A RELIC OR TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!IT WOULD BE FUN THOUGH AND PUT DOWN THE OLD CONDITIONS 4 QUALIFYING AND 100 UNITS OR VISE VERSA 4 THE FINALS,HEHEHEHEHEHEHE,THAT WOULD BE A SPECTICAL AND A HALF,,,,,,,,,,,,,JUST IMAGINE ALL THE 5,7,10,S ,,,,,,,,THE BOOK OF SHAME WOULD BE CHOCKERS :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Levithian]

Sweet, forget the thumbs, with 100 units gutter to gutter ill just use my two fingers thanks

 

[Easy Tiger]

I have one of those original bright red pirana's, use it as a practice ball for drills.

 

[Dj bruv on da mix]

mmm i have a nitro/r (green), and a amf ninja fury, kept them coz i shot my 300's with them......i think they are from around 93 or 94.

 

[Danny Simpson]

The oldest ball that I have and used up to about 3 years ago was an AMF Americana (Red, White and Blue thing), apperently from the 70's.

 

[farma]

I've got two early ninties relics, a black hammer which makes a excellent spare ball, and an green teal storm, made back when Storm was still HSP.

 

[Foggy]

just wondering if someone could help identify how old my Manhattan Rubber is that I've got in my bag. The serial no is C434706 can't remember whether I bought it in the seventies or eighties.


Regards Jeff Elliott

 

[RobbieB]

Don't know exactly, but my 1959 model has a one letter - five digit serial number. Someone on asb (alt.sport.bowling newsgroup) may be able to offer more info.

 

[Foggy]

thanks Robbie I'll give it a try

Jeff Elliott