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Equipment Boards => Ebonite => Topic started by: Hammerite on April 03, 2007, 04:42:20 PM
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Hey, my dad shoots an old solid green tornado, gettin a little old! and that means its got a few battle scars, this is probably a stupid question but are the new tornados the same as the old ones? My dad dislikes alot of hook and loves this ball and I would like to get him a new one but I want to if theres any difference in them.
Thanks.
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I dont think there is much difference. I would check out the Ebonite website and look at the new ones and then check out the vintage ball part and compare them.
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The old solid "green" one was called the Seafoam Blue. I had one and liked it very much. It was a strong medium oil ball because it was a solid. The current ones are all pearlized with more snap to them. Because of that they may APPEAR to hook more. The solids were discontinued a long time ago (~ 3 years).
If you took some of the polish off it, the current Whirwind may be more similar to the Seafoam Blue Tornado than their current Tornado.
Just to be sure is this your father's ball?
http://www.bowlingballreviews.com/ball.asp?ballid=1075
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Ehh... close enough, definitely appears to be the correct iteration but the color is a little bluer then his, think miami dolphins green and orange (logo) but regardless of color it should be the same ball, the difficulty will come in selecting a drill thats different from his current ball but still has a reaction he can work with (kinda one dimensional).
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Yep Charlest hit it right on the seafoam blue model it hooked alot, we had crankers that hook the entire lane with it in league. Even for me it hooked decently i used it as my primary ball at the Showboat for 1 season.
Staying with Ebonite the Whirlwind be a good choice like Charlest said already, i think the Jolt Solid would be very close out of the box though doing nothing to it. The red Pure Hammer if your shop has one would be right in the same area also, so that gives you 3 decent choices for it.
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mrbowlingnutmay be right about the Burgundy Pure Hammer also. I have used it recently and it is NOT anywhere near a dry lanes ball. Drilled normally it's not even a light oil ball. I used it on medium oil and got plenty of hook and hit. It is also a valid option.
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