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Equipment Boards => AMF => Topic started by: Let It Bleed on June 17, 2008, 11:17:44 AM

Title: What do I have here???
Post by: Let It Bleed on June 17, 2008, 11:17:44 AM
So I picked up an older AMF ball yesterday...
mostly pink w/some white swirls...
engravings and pin are orange...
been resurfaced so many times, the only part of the logo still showing has the letters IES with a lowercase r above the I and E...

any clues...I love how it rolled...just wondering what it is!
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Title: Re: What do I have here???
Post by: J_Mac on June 17, 2008, 07:52:13 PM
Pink with white swirls or is it just phasing of the coverstock?

Is it a solid, or a pearl?

I'm not coming up with much...
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Title: Re: What do I have here???
Post by: mikeywg on June 17, 2008, 08:25:08 PM
Could this be it?

http://www.ballreviews.com/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ManufacterID=1&BallID=494
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Title: Re: What do I have here???
Post by: wryt300 on June 17, 2008, 08:33:19 PM
Most likely a slam.
Title: Re: What do I have here???
Post by: Let It Bleed on June 17, 2008, 11:52:29 PM
It's definitely a pearl, and the swirls look like they're supposed to be there, so I don't think it's phasing.  I don't believe it's new enough to be that Triumph.  I had another guy say, who also didn't see it, that it might be a Whiplash.  I would post a pic if I could, but I don't have that capability.
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Title: Re: What do I have here???
Post by: DP3 on June 18, 2008, 12:51:29 AM
Pink Pearl Slam was the only one with an Orange Pin.  When exposed to the cold it did get some white phasing.  Hell of a ball back in the day, stronger flare with weak cover.  Could be a great THS ball playing direct near the friction on today's stuff.
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Title: Re: What do I have here???
Post by: Lillen on June 18, 2008, 01:22:05 AM
This one?

http://bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=240
Title: Re: What do I have here???
Post by: Astroman on June 18, 2008, 01:26:02 AM
RPM Swirl maybe?  I had a buddy that had one that was a pinkish pearl color.
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Title: Re: What do I have here???
Post by: Let It Bleed on June 18, 2008, 02:17:58 AM
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Pink Pearl Slam was the only one with an Orange Pin.  When exposed to the cold it did get some white phasing.  Hell of a ball back in the day, stronger flare with weak cover.  Could be a great THS ball playing direct near the friction on today's stuff.
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-DJ Marshall
...The Twelve In a Row Pro Shop.  AMF Bowie Lanes -- Bowie, MD



That's definitely it.  The picture provided by Lillen also furthered the point.
Your definition of the ball is dead on.  I played a slight bump off the track, was able to make small moves as the condition changed, and put up a set of 709 with 3 whiff 10's.  I can't wait til I get the ball to actually fit my hand!
Thanks everybody
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