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Title: Barbell Plates and Dumbbells - Old School
Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:19:54 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:20:27 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:21:15 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:23:34 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:24:36 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:25:28 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:26:31 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:28:07 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 14, 2013, 02:47:47 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 10:21:08 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 10:22:38 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 10:24:05 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 11:52:04 AM
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Post by: Robert Zuver on April 15, 2013, 12:07:43 PM
Older plates.
Haha
Bet you thought I would only be posting Zuver's Plates.
Fooled you.
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Post by: Robert Zuver on April 15, 2013, 12:09:55 PM
More
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 12:11:30 PM
Older plates.
Haha
Bet you thought I would only be posting Zuver's Plates.
Fooled you.
hard to believe so many companies put out barbell plates.
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 12:13:40 PM
More
even some who couldn't spell too good. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 12:17:29 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 12:18:33 PM
 :D
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Post by: Robert Zuver on April 15, 2013, 12:29:32 PM
hard to believe so many companies put out barbell plates.

So many we will never see all of them in one post.
To bad, it would be cool.
Come on BBers. Start posting all you know.
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 12:39:39 PM
 :)
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 12:42:45 PM
:)
on that pic you have york doughnuts 25 and 40's, york pancake plates ,ferrigno and billard.
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Post by: funk51 on April 15, 2013, 02:02:49 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:19:47 AM
 :)
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Post by: Robert Zuver on April 16, 2013, 08:22:21 AM
:)

That one is new to me.
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:39:58 AM
That one is new to me.

that's an old george jowett plate he was an oldtime stringman grip guy. not actually my plate.
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:43:42 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:44:29 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:45:33 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:46:32 AM
 ;D
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:47:36 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:48:38 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:49:37 AM
 ;)
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:50:45 AM
 ;D
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:51:44 AM
 :D
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:53:28 AM
 >:(
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:54:35 AM
 :D
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 08:55:25 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 09:00:05 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 09:00:41 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 09:02:13 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 09:39:06 AM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 10:03:54 AM
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Post by: Robert Zuver on April 16, 2013, 10:42:49 AM
Mr Funk
Is this pic from your collection?
Would love seeing some close ups.
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 12:32:23 PM
Mr Funk
Is this pic from your collection?
Would love seeing some close ups.
no actually a guy on ironhistory.com, there's one member he had all his walls done in plates, you'd have to see it to believe it.
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 12:33:11 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 12:34:02 PM
 ;)
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 12:34:57 PM
 :)
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 01:23:16 PM
 ;)halloween kettlebells.
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 01:24:00 PM
 :)
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Post by: funk51 on April 16, 2013, 01:48:47 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 17, 2013, 11:19:34 AM
 ;)
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Post by: funk51 on April 17, 2013, 12:18:46 PM
 :)
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Post by: funk51 on April 17, 2013, 12:19:26 PM
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Post by: funk51 on April 17, 2013, 12:20:21 PM
 ;)
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Post by: funk51 on April 17, 2013, 12:21:09 PM
 :D
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Post by: funk51 on April 17, 2013, 03:03:42 PM
 :D
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Post by: funk51 on April 20, 2013, 12:06:36 PM
 ;)
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Post by: funk51 on May 10, 2013, 12:26:17 PM
 :) just bought 2- 45 lb york legacy dbs from fitness exchange for 40 bucks. pic'd with two 50 lb york globes from the 1960's. wearing the pain and gain shirt now 28 dollars take an additional 25percent till mothers day useing code net25 upon checkout.
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Post by: Robert Zuver on May 18, 2013, 12:13:22 PM
:)

That Reg Parks 45lbs plate is one I didn't know existed.
NICE
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Post by: Robert Zuver on May 18, 2013, 12:15:21 PM
Interesting
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Post by: Robert Zuver on May 18, 2013, 12:17:10 PM
Interesting #2
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Post by: Robert Zuver on May 18, 2013, 12:21:15 PM
One More
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Post by: funk51 on May 18, 2013, 01:02:44 PM
One More
i got two like that rust free,of  course i don't use them anymore they help hold down the leg extension bench. ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: Robert Zuver on May 18, 2013, 02:21:08 PM
i got two like that rust free,of  course i don't use them anymore they help hold down the leg extension bench. ::) ::) ::) ::)

I just like them because there 100lbs plates
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Post by: Powerlift66 on May 19, 2013, 05:29:42 AM
;)

Those bells were made by Ed Jubinville for "New Englands Strongest Man" contest.
125 lbs each. Contestants had to do a 50 yard dash carrying the bells.
My friend Frank C won the event and contest, so Ed gave him the bells.
Frank gave them to me a few years ago.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=467758.0;attach=513994;image)
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Post by: funk51 on May 20, 2013, 01:21:38 PM
Those bells were made by Ed Jubinville for "New Englands Strongest Man" contest.
125 lbs each. Contestants had to do a 50 yard dash carrying the bells.
My friend Frank C won the event and contest, so Ed gave him the bells.
Frank gave them to me a few years ago.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=467758.0;attach=513994;image)
cool story from behind the iron. i had that pic saved and actually didn't remember where i got it from. i just like looking at old iron and even lifting it on occasion ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: funk51 on May 22, 2013, 02:06:50 PM
 :'(
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Post by: jpm101 on May 22, 2013, 06:54:49 PM


All this stuff is way too cool...love it!  Those solid globe DB's..... showed no mercy to your wrist and forearms, I would think.
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Post by: funk51 on May 23, 2013, 08:12:33 AM

All this stuff is way too cool...love it!  Those solid globe DB's..... showed no mercy to your wrist and forearms, I would think.
actually i'm starting to like the old globes and york  legacy solid dbs. i'm not liking the professional db handle type as much as before. don't really know the reason.
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Post by: funk51 on May 23, 2013, 08:14:16 AM
 ;)bottom one is mine bigger dbs are on floor to sides of rack.
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Post by: Robert Zuver on May 23, 2013, 08:17:48 AM
actually i'm starting to like the old globes and york  legacy solid dbs. i'm not liking the professional db handle type as much as before. don't really know the reason.

They just don't have that cool old school flare.
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Post by: Robert Zuver on May 23, 2013, 08:21:17 AM
;)bottom one is mine bigger dbs are on floor to sides of rack.

Still they all get the job done.
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Post by: funk51 on May 24, 2013, 11:06:13 AM
 ;)
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Post by: Donny on May 24, 2013, 11:14:15 AM
I like the York plates...
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Post by: jpm101 on May 25, 2013, 08:17:29 AM
The Eleiko Olympic bar & plates are said to be among the best in the world, from the early 60's to present day.  The Swedish steel, and matched balance, gives a extra live/spring quality to the bar, and some of the plates are bumper style. More expensive, been told, but very much around today. Have any shot's of some of the original plates/bars back in the day, I wonder. The bars seem to have a much better grip and rotation to them (balance again).

Also any pic's of the Leoko and older Ivanko plates/bars? Talking to other lifters, and most think that the Ivanko doesn't always hold up in quality like some of the other higher priced bars. Any comment? Leoko seems well liked. China makes a very good Olympic set. Thanks again for all the pictures and information.

 
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Post by: funk51 on May 26, 2013, 07:32:01 AM
 ;)york always made a quality product.  the set that pat c is standing by i believe it belongs to bill pearl.
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Post by: funk51 on May 26, 2013, 03:12:35 PM
 :D
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Post by: Robert Zuver on May 26, 2013, 03:46:54 PM
:D

No that's a nice set.
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Post by: Donny on May 27, 2013, 02:13:53 AM
:)
Reg Park plate...cool ;D
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Post by: Donny on May 27, 2013, 02:15:17 AM
;)york always made a quality product.  the set that pat c is standing by i believe it belongs to bill pearl.
got to agree York always made great kit
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Post by: funk51 on May 28, 2013, 10:02:33 AM
 :)
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Post by: kimo on May 28, 2013, 11:07:40 AM
eleiko used to have 50 kilos plates even used for o lifting . i liked the image 45 kilos power plate too the gold plates used in powerlifting . pics welcome .. power image from texas i think .
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Post by: Donny on May 28, 2013, 01:41:04 PM
:)
with this rusty old bar you can build a great Body....ahhh.. the Dreams i had of being Steve Reeves... ;D
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Post by: funk51 on May 29, 2013, 11:02:27 AM
 :P
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Post by: funk51 on May 29, 2013, 11:49:40 AM
here's some good plates ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: funk51 on June 02, 2013, 02:54:50 PM
 ;)
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Post by: funk51 on June 16, 2013, 08:37:49 AM
 :P
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Post by: IroNat on June 24, 2013, 11:45:51 AM
A few plates...

(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w450/Bosco453/Wonder_zpsb3bd31a0.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Bosco453/media/Wonder_zpsb3bd31a0.jpg.html)

(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w450/Bosco453/Petros_zpsfe85974c.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Bosco453/media/Petros_zpsfe85974c.jpg.html)

(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w450/Bosco453/FG_zpsb13551a8.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Bosco453/media/FG_zpsb13551a8.jpg.html)
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Post by: funk51 on June 25, 2013, 11:23:55 AM
A few plates...

(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w450/Bosco453/Wonder_zpsb3bd31a0.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Bosco453/media/Wonder_zpsb3bd31a0.jpg.html)

(http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w450/Bosco453/Petros_zpsfe85974c.jpg) (http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/Bosco453/media/Petros_zpsfe85974c.jpg.html)
every time you think you seen them all up pop 3 more i never hear of.
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Post by: IroNat on June 26, 2013, 04:32:16 AM
Info about Tom Petro...http://www.tompetro.com/fitnezz/ (http://www.tompetro.com/fitnezz/)

This thread tells about what may be the place that originally sold the Wonder plates.   I have two 45s and two 35s.  http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=112307.0 (http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=112307.0)

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Post by: funk51 on June 26, 2013, 04:52:47 AM
Info about Tom Petro...http://www.tompetro.com/fitnezz/ (http://www.tompetro.com/fitnezz/)

This thread tells about what may be the place that originally sold the Wonder plates.   I have two 45s and two 35s.  http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=112307.0 (http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=112307.0)


thanks for the info ironat, glad to have you on here.
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Post by: kimo on October 09, 2013, 08:26:06 AM
45 kilos plates power image from texas still in use ... . gagnon plates were green . and  DP PLATES WERE GREAT TOO
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Post by: funk51 on November 19, 2013, 12:01:00 PM
:D
actually finally got a pair of these the other day 2 x 20=40 lbs.
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Post by: kimo on November 25, 2013, 10:14:20 AM
pics of 45 kilos plates welcome
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Post by: hazbin on February 01, 2014, 12:16:00 PM
Stu Hart had a whole set of dumbells casted with 'HART' on them.   when i was hanging out with Jim Neidhardt alot he always said he was going to give me one pair from the set.   Jim ended up back in the states and i never got them.

now Bret Hart trains at my gym, and i mentioned the old set.  turns out a couple of his brothers are scumbags and looted everything from the house before Bret had a chance to even look at anything.
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Post by: funk51 on February 02, 2014, 11:47:42 AM
Stu Hart had a whole set of dumbells casted with 'HART' on them.   when i was hanging out with Jim Neidhardt alot he always said he was going to give me one pair from the set.   Jim ended up back in the states and i never got them.

now Bret Hart trains at my gym, and i mentioned the old set.  turns out a couple of his brothers are scumbags and looted everything from the house before Bret had a chance to even look at anything.
that's ashame would have been a nice addition to any collection. if you have the time check out richard sorin of sorinex's video on youtube. zach evanesh visits and looks at his collection including rare zuver HOF plates.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on February 04, 2014, 02:18:10 PM
Plates & dumbbells without rubber coating, I miss them :'(
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Post by: funk51 on June 23, 2014, 12:14:43 PM
 ;D fresh off of facebook, some iconic plates.
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Post by: funk51 on June 25, 2014, 11:08:56 AM
 :o gold
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 25, 2014, 02:27:38 PM
:o gold

Private gym from a rapper?
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Post by: funk51 on June 25, 2014, 03:44:54 PM
Private gym from a rapper?
nope my stuff updated.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 25, 2014, 09:24:24 PM
nope my stuff updated.

You must be a wealthy man 8)
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Post by: funk51 on June 26, 2014, 08:00:00 AM
You must be a wealthy man 8)
not really, just good gold paint is all. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 26, 2014, 08:07:13 AM
not really, just good gold paint is all. ;D ;D ;D

Sell them to a Sheikh, and become one.
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Post by: funk51 on June 26, 2014, 11:04:33 AM
Sell them to a Sheikh, and become one.
i sell occasionally, but not too often. the plates pic'd below sell the best.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 26, 2014, 11:45:50 AM
i sell occasionally, but not too often. the plates pic'd below sell the best.

Can I have one for 20 bucks? :D
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Post by: funk51 on June 26, 2014, 01:22:29 PM
Can I have one for 20 bucks? :D
i sell them in pairs on e-bay, they cost 20 bucks  just to ship.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 26, 2014, 01:55:15 PM
i sell them in pairs on e-bay, they cost 20 bucks  just to ship.

Prob way more to ship them to Europe  ;) Shipping an Inzer belt -which isn't that heavy- costs about $100, insane :-\
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Post by: funk51 on June 26, 2014, 03:26:19 PM
Prob way more to ship them to Europe  ;) Shipping an Inzer belt -which isn't that heavy- costs about $100, insane :-\
i don't like to ship overseas for that very reason. ;D
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Post by: funk51 on June 27, 2014, 11:48:11 AM
 ;D
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Post by: funk51 on June 27, 2014, 12:00:33 PM
 ;D
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Post by: funk51 on June 27, 2014, 12:01:59 PM
 :o
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Post by: funk51 on June 27, 2014, 12:03:27 PM
 ;D
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Post by: funk51 on June 27, 2014, 12:05:37 PM
 ::)
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 27, 2014, 04:18:31 PM
Nice pictures, would hit lift :P
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Post by: funk51 on June 27, 2014, 04:24:59 PM
 ;D
Nice pictures, would hit lift :P
;D we do all the time ;D
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 27, 2014, 04:28:09 PM
You should make a video tour through your house. I bet that every room is filled with weights  ;D
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Post by: Donny on June 27, 2014, 11:04:22 PM
You should make a video tour through your house. I bet that every room is filled with weights  ;D
got to admit funky has a great old School set up...enough iron there to sink a battle ship... ;D
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 27, 2014, 11:29:32 PM
got to admit funky has a great old School set up...enough iron there to sink a battle ship... ;D

Now we know why huge parts of the Titanic are missing..
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Post by: Donny on June 27, 2014, 11:35:35 PM
Now we know why huge parts of the Titanic are missing..
;D funky Bro has robbed all the scrap iron in his neighbourhood...
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Post by: funk51 on June 30, 2014, 10:50:43 AM
 ;D old iron gym, wish they'd have a yard sale.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 30, 2014, 11:13:59 AM
;D old iron gym, wish they'd have a yard sale.

DAT carpet  :o Are you a carpet rider or a Muslim? ;D
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Post by: funk51 on June 30, 2014, 12:01:18 PM
DAT carpet  :o Are you a carpet rider or a Muslim? ;D
really don't know whose gym it is , gleened it off of facebook.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on June 30, 2014, 02:11:01 PM
really don't know whose gym it is , gleened it off of facebook.

My bad, I thought it was your living room  ;D
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Post by: funk51 on July 01, 2014, 06:50:29 AM
 :o
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Post by: DroppingPlates on July 01, 2014, 07:25:53 AM
:o

Not 100% sure, but this place looks like that gym where Bill Grant trains.
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Post by: funk51 on July 03, 2014, 08:57:28 AM
Not 100% sure, but this place looks like that gym where Bill Grant trains.
that would be  diamond gym in new jersey.
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Post by: funk51 on July 03, 2014, 08:59:58 AM
 ;D diamond gym
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Post by: Donny on July 03, 2014, 09:00:17 AM
Would love to Train with Bill Grant  :) love his Arm supersets.
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Post by: funk51 on July 03, 2014, 09:01:16 AM
 >:(
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Post by: Donny on July 03, 2014, 10:24:48 AM
>:(
was refering to a post from Droppingplates Funky Bro.
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Post by: funk51 on July 03, 2014, 11:58:36 AM
newest item from sorinex equipment.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on July 03, 2014, 03:13:53 PM
that would be  diamond gym in new jersey.

DAT gym  :P
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Post by: funk51 on July 22, 2014, 07:21:24 AM
 8)
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Post by: funk51 on July 22, 2014, 07:22:48 AM
 ???
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Post by: funk51 on July 22, 2014, 07:24:11 AM
???
last two posts show 4 generations of lurie plates pitkin ave, utica ave, brooklyn, and brooklyn made in india. ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: funk51 on July 22, 2014, 09:42:16 AM
 ;D
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Post by: funk51 on July 22, 2014, 09:43:09 AM
;D
three generations of billards  dimpled than dimpled fatboys than the more modern style.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on July 22, 2014, 09:51:31 AM
(http://www.jk-sportvertrieb.de/Media/Thumbs/0004/0004900-orig-barbarian-barbell-30-mm-hantelscheiben-guss-600.jpg)

www.jk-sportvertrieb.de
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Post by: funk51 on July 22, 2014, 01:29:32 PM
(http://www.jk-sportvertrieb.de/Media/Thumbs/0004/0004900-orig-barbarian-barbell-30-mm-hantelscheiben-guss-600.jpg)

www.jk-sportvertrieb.de
never seen those before.  fairly new i guess.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on July 22, 2014, 01:46:10 PM
never seen those before.  fairly new i guess.

The handles are neat, esp for front raises, but I don't consider non-olympic plates as true plates  ;)
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Post by: funk51 on July 28, 2014, 11:52:40 AM
 ::) some more of my plates these i'm selling on ebay.
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Post by: funk51 on August 15, 2014, 11:41:21 AM
 :o
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Post by: funk51 on August 15, 2014, 11:41:55 AM
 ::)
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Post by: DroppingPlates on August 15, 2014, 12:11:53 PM
Then: every known bodybuilder sold plates with his name.
Now: every known bodybuilder sells supplements with his name.
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Post by: funk51 on August 15, 2014, 12:31:26 PM
Then: every known bodybuilder sold plates with his name.
Now: every known bodybuilder sells supplements with his name.
sign of the times there are no more ads in muscle mags for barbells , benches and such. only supplements. they used to say nutrition is 90 percent of bbing so who knows. that and barbells never wear out you buy a set and it lasts supps you have to keep taking
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Post by: DroppingPlates on August 15, 2014, 12:55:27 PM
sign of the times there are no more ads in muscle mags for barbells , benches and such. only supplements. they used to say nutrition is 90 percent of bbing so who knows. that and barbells never wear out you buy a set and it lasts supps you have to keep taking

Yep, a supp line can be a cash cow, but most fail within 5 years. Nutrition plays a huge part, but most supps don't feed you at all, so at least start a Firehouse or Musclemaker Grill  ;)
Regarding plates, I guess it's the same as with supps; there's only a serious market for a few large players, like Ivanko, York, Troy, etc..
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Post by: funk51 on August 23, 2014, 12:11:59 PM
operation refurb
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Post by: funk51 on August 23, 2014, 12:12:54 PM
 ::)
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Post by: funk51 on August 23, 2014, 12:14:10 PM
 ::) gotta make them new again.... :o :o :o :o
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Post by: hazbin on August 23, 2014, 12:35:55 PM
::) gotta make them new again.... :o :o :o :o

I've got to dig out some of my old interlocking plates.  weird designs came out in the 70's.  the funny thing is, the weights are easier to lift when the plates do not interlock
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Post by: funk51 on August 23, 2014, 12:42:01 PM
I've got to dig out some of my old interlocking plates.  weird designs came out in the 70's.  the funny thing is, the weights are easier to lift when the plates do not interlock
that 's true those fixed barbells in the gym are esp. brutal esp the ez curl bars for french presses and such= wrist wreckers.
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Post by: funk51 on August 23, 2014, 12:43:50 PM
 ;D
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Post by: DroppingPlates on August 23, 2014, 12:55:01 PM
;D

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=467758.0;attach=575937;image)

Waste of money, they are hardly in use and their weight intervals are too large. A short olympic bar & EZ bar are more flexible.
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Post by: funk51 on August 23, 2014, 01:29:36 PM
Waste of money, they are hardly in use and their weight intervals are too large. A short olympic bar & EZ bar are more flexible.
for sure , gold's gym in allentown has two racks of these fixed diasters and one ez curl olympic bar......... ONE.....  :o :o :o :o
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Post by: DroppingPlates on August 24, 2014, 02:39:36 AM
for sure , gold's gym in allentown has two racks of these fixed diasters and one ez curl olympic bar......... ONE.....  :o :o :o :o

That's not much for a Gold's gym. The same in my gym, and it's often in use on the Scott curl bench, but I don't mind since I'm more into dumbbells.
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Post by: funk51 on August 24, 2014, 12:27:03 PM
 ;D just got a few more brands hollywood healthways, pro-style, radha, champion sunsport..
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Post by: funk51 on August 24, 2014, 12:28:33 PM
;D just got a few more brands hollywood healthways, pro-style, radha, champion sunsport..
???????????????????? anyone got some goods they want to sell????????????????????
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Post by: DroppingPlates on August 24, 2014, 01:02:26 PM
???????????????????? anyone got some goods they want to sell????????????????????

Yes, my mother in law! (for free)
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Post by: funk51 on September 13, 2014, 12:41:04 PM
;D
mine cleaned up waffles and fat dimples.
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Post by: funk51 on September 13, 2014, 12:44:26 PM
8)
just got a pair of these  now all i need are bristols and rockaway.
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Post by: jonsgym on October 10, 2014, 01:42:45 PM


I don't know about you guys but I find it strange  that some barbell plates and dumbbells feel sort of " alive " and seem to have a feel to them when you use them. You sort of get a connection through the iron that allows you to feel the exercise through the muscles more. It probably sounds bonkers ( crazy ) for non English readers.

I remember when I instructed at Reg Parks gym in Johannesburg, South Africa in the middle to late sixties. all of Reg's weights and equipment were made by a guy called Des Knootze. The dumbells felt good and you got a good response through the muscles, the barbell plates on the other hand felt like lead. Same foundry but a quite different feeling.

Reg had a big mail order/distributer network in South Africa and all of the weights were stored in the celler, two floors below the ground floor of the office block in which Reg had two complet floors, that housed the main bodybuilding gym and above that the Business Men and Womens gym, along with a Judo and Karate gym. Reg was way ahead of the times, as in the business gym all of the clients would have one or other of us instructors as their personal trainer for their workout.   

Any how once a week all the distributer orders had to be carried two floors up from the cellar and loaded onto the Reg Parks Gym truck. Believe me after lugging tons of plates up two floors and loading the truck you were wasted, and it was always early in the morning we did this. Luckily all of us, Reg, the instructors and a few of the competitive bodybuilders trained from six to eight in the morning, so at least we trained first, then completly knackered ourselves out up and down the stairs to the celler.

About 35 years ago I convinced my best mate, double NABBA Universe winner Len Sell, to re-equip his London gym with what was then called Professional Dumbells, you know the kind that the old Iron Man mag used to advertise, black plates that fitted onto chrome knurled handels and the held in place with a large screw in bolt that screwed into the end of the dumbell rod. I ordered them, all 6 tons of them from Taiwan, where, I had found out, was where Iron Man sourced them from. I gotta say they all looked great, racks of new, shiney dumbells that no other gym in the UK had at the time. But, to me they just did not have the " feel " of Lens old ones.

I also loved the dumbells in Vince Girondas gym and in Joe Golds World gym at the end of Main Street, Santa Monica. Some things just feel right, or is it just me thinking this way.
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Post by: funk51 on October 10, 2014, 02:33:13 PM

I don't know about you guys but I find it strange  that some barbell plates and dumbbells feel sort of " alive " and seem to have a feel to them when you use them. You sort of get a connection through the iron that allows you to feel the exercise through the muscles more. It probably sounds bonkers ( crazy ) for non English readers.

I remember when I instructed at Reg Parks gym in Johannesburg, South Africa in the middle to late sixties. all of Reg's weights and equipment were made by a guy called Des Knootze. The dumbells felt good and you got a good response through the muscles, the barbell plates on the other hand felt like lead. Same foundry but a quite different feeling.

Reg had a big mail order/distributer network in South Africa and all of the weights were stored in the celler, two floors below the ground floor of the office block in which Reg had two complet floors, that housed the main bodybuilding gym and above that the Business Men and Womens gym, along with a Judo and Karate gym. Reg was way ahead of the times, as in the business gym all of the clients would have one or other of us instructors as their personal trainer for their workout.   

Any how once a week all the distributer orders had to be carried two floors up from the cellar and loaded onto the Reg Parks Gym truck. Believe me after lugging tons of plates up two floors and loading the truck you were wasted, and it was always early in the morning we did this. Luckily all of us, Reg, the instructors and a few of the competitive bodybuilders trained from six to eight in the morning, so at least we trained first, then completly knackered ourselves out up and down the stairs to the celler.

About 35 years ago I convinced my best mate, double NABBA Universe winner Len Sell, to re-equip his London gym with what was then called Professional Dumbells, you know the kind that the old Iron Man mag used to advertise, black plates that fitted onto chrome knurled handels and the held in place with a large screw in bolt that screwed into the end of the dumbell rod. I ordered them, all 6 tons of them from Taiwan, where, I had found out, was where Iron Man sourced them from. I gotta say they all looked great, racks of new, shiney dumbells that no other gym in the UK had at the time. But, to me they just did not have the " feel " of Lens old ones.

I also loved the dumbells in Vince Girondas gym and in Joe Golds World gym at the end of Main Street, Santa Monica. Some things just feel right, or is it just me thinking this way.

i've got both kind, they both have their special feel to them...bigger ones are off to the side on floor.
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Post by: DroppingPlates on February 16, 2015, 03:37:12 PM
Ivanko

(http://www.ivankobarbell.com/content/v5znz60jpx_600.jpg)

(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz200/ndmike_weights/IvankoDumbbellSet.jpg)

(http://www.ivankobarbell.com/content/q2t3kqtskz_500.jpg)

(http://www.ivankobarbell.com/content/xi4ioltelk_500.jpg)


Nancy Sinatra's 24kt gold plated dumbbells

(https://shard1.1stdibs.us.com/archivesD/upload/7955/4999/7955_1268268165_2.jpg)
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Post by: funk51 on February 17, 2015, 10:26:23 AM
Ivanko

(http://www.ivankobarbell.com/content/v5znz60jpx_600.jpg)

(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz200/ndmike_weights/IvankoDumbbellSet.jpg)

(http://www.ivankobarbell.com/content/q2t3kqtskz_500.jpg)

(http://www.ivankobarbell.com/content/xi4ioltelk_500.jpg)


Nancy Sinatra's 24kt gold plated dumbbells

(https://shard1.1stdibs.us.com/archivesD/upload/7955/4999/7955_1268268165_2.jpg)
                             nice the only ivankos i've got are 6-5's and 2 2 and a halves rubber coated  standard plates...
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Post by: DroppingPlates on February 17, 2015, 03:16:46 PM
                             nice the only ivankos i've got are 6-5's and 2 2 and a halves rubber coated  standard plates...

It was in the early nineties that I saw their products for the first time in Ironman magazine. My previous gym had their black Olympic BB plates, unfortunately the coated ones but still great.
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Post by: hazbin on December 07, 2015, 10:45:05 AM
york is remaking their classic solid dumbells and calling it the legacy dumbell series. i'd love to have a set of those
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Post by: funk51 on December 08, 2015, 03:46:46 PM
york is remaking their classic solid dumbells and calling it the legacy dumbell series. i'd love to have a set of those
if you look at the top of the db rack the first set is 25 lb york buns than 30 hex silver colored dbs than york legacy 35's paid 35 cents a lb for them.than the last set is 40 lb york buns bought in the early 60's..
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Post by: funk51 on December 08, 2015, 03:53:33 PM
pic'd is a set of my 50 lb york globes from the 60's...also have 75 lb york globes
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Post by: funk51 on December 24, 2015, 02:57:54 PM
bur 1938-66
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Post by: funk51 on December 24, 2015, 02:59:14 PM
sheet of barbell companies for the collector
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Post by: funk51 on December 24, 2015, 03:00:45 PM
my first set golden billards
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Post by: Playboy on August 31, 2016, 11:24:55 AM
:)
They don't get anymore oldschool than these bad boys
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Post by: funk51 on March 14, 2019, 04:10:48 PM
 ;D
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Post by: IroNat on March 14, 2019, 05:37:46 PM
Beautiful, Funk.
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Post by: funk51 on November 07, 2019, 10:14:24 AM
 ;D
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Post by: IroNat on November 07, 2019, 11:37:03 AM
Wow! ^  :-*
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Post by: Donny on December 16, 2023, 06:23:02 AM
;D
Funk what´s the most expensive or rare plates you have?
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Post by: funk51 on December 19, 2023, 07:47:57 AM
Funk what´s the most expensive or rare plates you have?
  saxon plates. I sold most of them but kept 2 tens for my collection.
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Post by: funk51 on December 19, 2023, 01:25:34 PM
probably next would be the 50's and 75's york globes from the mid 60's.
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Post by: Donny on January 04, 2024, 07:15:11 AM
probably next would be the 50's and 75's york globes from the mid 60's.
I love the old York stuff particulary the Olympic bars
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Post by: funk51 on February 23, 2024, 12:30:21 PM
 ;D
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Post by: IroNat on February 28, 2024, 03:20:48 AM
Good stuff, Funk.
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Post by: jjflash on February 29, 2024, 09:35:04 AM
[quote author=funk51
 ::) some more of my plates these i'm selling on ebay.

I like those Ferrigno (Andy) plates myself. A little over 300lbs of these things + 50lbs of Lou's
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Post by: Donny on March 03, 2024, 09:24:39 AM
[quote author=funk51
 ::) some more of my plates these i'm selling on ebay.

I like those Ferrigno (Andy) plates myself. A little over 300lbs of these things + 50lbs of Lou's
I like these plates
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Post by: funk51 on March 22, 2024, 06:41:20 AM
   
   the end all be all collection
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Post by: IroNat on March 22, 2024, 06:59:38 AM
Incredible collection.

Shaw is slimming down.

Losing the huge gut.