My Federal Fireball Family 5 Colors (FRANCE)

Skip Goulet

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Feb 23, 2011
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Midland, TX
Fireball said:

That green looks very nice! Seeing all five lined up at the first of this thread reminds me of the old American TV commercial for Band-Aid Stars and Strips. It went, "Band-Aid Stars and Strips.....they're keen! Red, blue, yellow,too, and green!" Guess they didn't have them in clear!
 

cook2890

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Sep 27, 2010
456
Murfreesboro TN
i'm not sure why I didn't look at this thread earlier in it's life, but I have to say this is a beautiful colllection!!! Well done!
 

toon80

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May 24, 2010
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Alors allons-y avec plus de commentaires en français :)


Très belle collection de Fireballs. Belle présentation aussi. Je me demande bien comment autant de ces bijoux NOS se retrouvent de ce côté de l'Atlantique :thumbsup:
 

Fireball

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May 14, 2011
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France / PARIS
toon80 said:
Alors allons-y avec plus de commentaires en français :)

Très belle collection de Fireballs. Belle présentation aussi. Je me demande bien comment autant de ces bijoux NOS se retrouvent de ce côté de l'Atlantique :thumbsup:


C'est l'aboutissement de 3 ans de recherches aux USA,et l'aide de membres sérieux de ELB qui mon permis d'arriver à ce résultat.


Merci à tout ceux qui m'ont aidé ici.


Un grand merci surtout à DAN,HOSER,DALE,DOUG etc.... ;)


Thanks again :thumbsup:
 
Originally Posted by toon80


So here we go with more comments in french. Very nice collection of Fireballs. Beautiful presentation too. I wonder how many of these NOS jewels find themselves on this side of the Atlantic.


It is the culmination of three years of research in the USA, and using thoughtful members of ELB that I could get to this result. Thank you to everyone who helped me here. <br /> A big thank you especially to DAN HOSER DALE, DOUG etc. .... ;)


Thanks to Google translator, 'cause my high school French left me years ago! :-D
 

Fireball

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May 14, 2011
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Maxim2Eng said:
I last set foot in France when I left Paris in 1972 after I graduated high school. I could converse then but the old adage of, "Use it or loose it.", is very true. But like falling off a horse (or bike), it doesn't take long the regain muscle memory....



did you come back to paris since 1972 ?
 

Skip Goulet

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Feb 23, 2011
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Midland, TX
Maxim2Eng said:
I last set foot in France when I left Paris in 1972 after I graduated high school. I could converse then but the old adage of, "Use it or loose it.", is very true. But like falling off a horse (or bike), it doesn't take long the regain muscle memory....

I know how you feel. I come from a Canadian French background. My dad grew up in Fall River, MA which is predominantly Canadian French, and French was spoken at home then. But he came to Texas during WWII, where he met my mom and stayed in Texas. I never learned any French until I was in college. My cousin and I were in the same French class, so we learned to converse relatively well; but that's been more than 40 years ago, j'ai oublier beacoup de mon francais!
 
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toon80

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May 24, 2010
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Skip and Maxim, even though it is not your natural language, the bits of french you places here and there are sometime still of a better quality than the one written by naturally french-speaking people here... ;)


-Back on topic: it's a really nice Fireball you have there :thumbsup:
 

Skip Goulet

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Feb 23, 2011
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toon80 said:
Skip and Maxim, even though it is not your natural language, the bits of french you places here and there are sometime still of a better quality than the one written by naturally french-speaking people here... ;)

-Back on topic: it's a really nice Fireball you have there :thumbsup:

Merci! I've never gotten to see Quebec. My late great aunt was with Les Petits Soeurs des Pauvres, whose mother house is in Montreal. Although she was stationed in her hometown of Fall River, MA, she spent a good deal of time at the mother house when she was in her 60s, as she had come down with cancer. While there she researched the Goulet family history and traced it back to the 1600s. Her cancer later went into remission and she lived into her 90s: Merci a Dieu!
 

Skip Goulet

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Feb 23, 2011
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Maxim2Eng said:
Originally Posted by toon80
So here we go with more comments in french. Very nice collection of Fireballs. Beautiful presentation too. I wonder how many of these NOS jewels find themselves on this side of the Atlantic.


It is the culmination of three years of research in the USA, and using thoughtful members of ELB that I could get to this result. Thank you to everyone who helped me here. <br /> A big thank you especially to DAN HOSER DALE, DOUG etc. .... ;)


Thanks to Google translator, 'cause my high school French left me years ago! :-D

C'est bien dommage que vous avez oublier beacoup de votre francais. Il y a 45 ans qu j'ai etudier le francais a mon college; et malerusement, j'ai oublier beaucoup aussi! :eek:
 

stansdds

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May 25, 2010
3,533
U.S.A., Virginia
dmathieu said:
Extremely rare!

Yep, by the time Federal started making the second generation Fireball (circa 1976), unidirectional beacons were no longer popular items. I think 1982 was the last year for the Flashball, but the Fireball continued on to 1991.
 

hyperjohnny

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Nov 1, 2010
262
WI USA
stansdds said:
Except for the power cords, as far as I know the coiled cord was an extra expense option.

That beacon doesn't have a coiled cord. It's straight but wound-up around itself. I don't remember those ever having coiled cords like the FB2's. The only ones that came w/ the coiled cord were the late-model FB11's sold in the 80's that were the chinese crap that Federal sold to compete w/ the low-priced crap that was out there. Those weren't true Fireballs, though. You could buy that same crap from a JC Whitney magazine at the time.
 

stansdds

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May 25, 2010
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U.S.A., Virginia
hyperjohnny said:
That beacon doesn't have a coiled cord. It's straight but wound-up around itself. I don't remember those ever having coiled cords like the FB2's. The only ones that came w/ the coiled cord were the late-model FB11's sold in the 80's that were the chinese crap that Federal sold to compete w/ the low-priced crap that was out there. Those weren't true Fireballs, though. You could buy that same crap from a JC Whitney magazine at the time.

My bad on the coiled cord option. Fireballs and Flashballs did come with straight cords, the coiled cord was available on the motorcycle mount Fireballs.


Let's not confuse the FB-11 and the FB-15 with each other. The FB-11 was the second generation Fireball which featured a friction drive and was definitely not Chinese junk. The FB-15 was and still is made in China and sold under more brand names than I can remember.
 

Skip Goulet

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Feb 23, 2011
4,241
Midland, TX
hyperjohnny said:
That beacon doesn't have a coiled cord. It's straight but wound-up around itself. I don't remember those ever having coiled cords like the FB2's. The only ones that came w/ the coiled cord were the late-model FB11's sold in the 80's that were the chinese crap that Federal sold to compete w/ the low-priced crap that was out there. Those weren't true Fireballs, though. You could buy that same crap from a JC Whitney magazine at the time.

Back in the mid-70s W.S. Darley ran a special on their teardrop lights....if I remember correctly, some of the early SVP lights or something similar. Their selling price at the time was around $25 and they ran a special selling them at $15 each. I loaded up on them, buying six reds and six blues for my own volunteers. When we worked as standby ambulance at the local car races one of the area volunteer fire depts. furnished fire suppression. Their chief saw one of the teardrops that one of my guys had and liked it and asked where we got them, so I referred him to Darley, and he was able to get an order in in time to get the same prices we had gotten, so his vollies were soon well equipped, too.
 

stansdds

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May 25, 2010
3,533
U.S.A., Virginia
Skip Goulet said:
Back in the mid-70s W.S. Darley ran a special on their teardrop lights....if I remember correctly, some of the early SVP lights or something similar. Their selling price at the time was around $25 and they ran a special selling them at $15 each. I loaded up on them, buying six reds and six blues for my own volunteers. When we worked as standby ambulance at the local car races one of the area volunteer fire depts. furnished fire suppression. Their chief saw one of the teardrops that one of my guys had and liked it and asked where we got them, so I referred him to Darley, and he was able to get an order in in time to get the same prices we had gotten, so his vollies were soon well equipped, too.

That would have been a great deal and even at the regular price those Darley teardrop lights would have been half the cost of a Federal Fireball.
 

Fireball

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May 14, 2011
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France / PARIS
I come back after 10years
Enjoy my collection
 

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