My Federal Fireball Family 5 Colors (FRANCE)

[dmathieu]

Magnifique!

 

[Fireball]

October 1956


FB1 2A12. $45


For a poor Man :crazy:

 

[dmathieu]

October 1956

FB1 2A12. $45


For a poor Man :crazy:

October 1956 would be one of the very first!


The first production run was in August 1956.

 

[Skip Goulet]

Merci Cyril
Les photos sont aussi sur Gyroland.fr,mais je voulais en faire profiter nos amis américains

Merci, nos amis francaise!

 

[Skip Goulet]

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]

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!

 

[Fireball]

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!

Many Thanks !

 

[Skip Goulet]

C'est encroyable, mon ami! Merci!

 

[Maxim2Eng]

Tres bon! Merci beau coup.


Or as some say in Oklahoma: Three beans! Mercy buckets.

 

[Fireball]

thanks for your comments in french.


I'm glad that you appreciate my collection :thumbsup:

 

[toon80]

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]

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:

 

[Black Hoe]

Can we get english subtitles for the last 2 posts?

 

[Maxim2Eng]

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

 

[Maxim2Eng]

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....

 

[Fireball]

Fireball FBH11 A2 Last production


University Park label

 

[Fireball]

pics added

 

[Fireball]

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 ?

 

[Maxim2Eng]

No, but my wife has made me promise to take her in the next couple of years. My first cousin and her husband have renovated a couple of B&Bs in Bourdeilles so we are planning a trip. Beaucoup de temps pour parfaire mon Français!

 

[Skip Goulet]

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!

 

[toon80]

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:

 

[Fireball]

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

Thanks :thumbsup:

 

[Skip Goulet]

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!

 

[Fireball]

NOS Flashball second version

 

[Skip Goulet]

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!

 

[Skip Goulet]

NOS Flashball second version

Nice, Dan. I didn't realize that they produced the FBFs that late.

 

[dmathieu]

Extremely rare!

 

[stansdds]

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]

Extremely rare!

Looks like mine!

 

[stansdds]

Looks like mine!

Except for the power cords, as far as I know the coiled cord was an extra expense option.

 

[hyperjohnny]

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]

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]

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]

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]

New acquisition


NOS Fireball FB1 B1 new LOGO Federal Signal

 

[stansdds]

Sweet! :hail:

 

[Fireball]

I come back after 10years
Enjoy my collection

 

[Mars Light]

Really nice collection.
Do you have a green or clear dome for sale?

 

[NIACO]

Nice Collection!

 

[dmathieu]

WELCOME BACK!!!!