Rare Second Generation FlashBall

[dmathieu]

I just bought this second generation FlashBall


These are more rare than the original FlashBall.

 

[ERIC6913]

Nice find mister! Get that label restored!

 

[toon80]

Looks good!


I don't know much about FlashBalls, but what were the main differences between 1st and 2nd generation FlashBalls?

 

[dmathieu]

First gen is based on the body and parts of the original FB-1 FireBall with the 3 magnets. Older Federal Sign And Signal


2nd gen is based on the parts and large magnet of the FB!! newer FireBall. Newer Federal Signal


Wade through these pis to compare.


http://elightbars.org/forums/f18/another-flash-ball-crosses-my-path-27362/


http://elightbars.org/forums/f18/flash-ball-fbf-pictures-added-1717/


http://elightbars.org/forums/f18/federal-signal-flashball-17289/

 

[dmathieu]

Nice find mister! Get that label restored!

Eric, do you know of a source?

 

[solid_snake]

Great find!I would love to have a 2nd generation in my collection!

 

[SBFD-E-9]

Very nice. I hope to some day own a FlashBall!

 

[Lt.214]

Great Find Dan! :thumbsup:


Chris

 

[dmathieu]

Great find!I would love to have a 2nd generation in my collection!

Stay tuned!


This will be going up for sale!

 

[chrismartin1701]

there for a sec i thought it was a rotating teardrop.

 

[dmathieu]

there for a sec i thought it was a rotating teardrop.

Single direction flasher.


I do have a NOS blue Tripp Lite teardrop, if interested.

 

[fireball3]

Great find, Dan!!


I had some labels with those of Fireball, I'll check tonight


Cyril

 

[chrismartin1701]

Single direction flasher.
I do have a NOS blue Tripp Lite teardrop, if interested.

not right now. i dont have the money or the space for it atm. my current focus is working on computers right now

 

[Skip Goulet]

First gen is based on the body and parts of the original FB-1 FireBall with the 3 magnets. Older Federal Sign And Signal
2nd gen is based on the parts and large magnet of the FB!! newer FireBall. Newer Federal Signal


Wade through these pis to compare.


http://elightbars.org/forums/f18/another-flash-ball-crosses-my-path-27362/


http://elightbars.org/forums/f18/flash-ball-fbf-pictures-added-1717/


http://elightbars.org/forums/f18/federal-signal-flashball-17289/

Very nice find, Dan. I like how nice the above two look. You're very right about the rarity of the FBF. I've only seen one in operation in all my years in VFD and EMS, and that was on the dash of an ambulance here in Midland in the mid-70s. And I'm sure you've seen the one on "Starsky & Hutch" that the studio regularly interchanged with their Fireball light. Seems like they used another teardrop light aside from a real Fireball, too, but I'm not sure what: maybe an early SVP light.

 

[stansdds]

Flashball's are pretty rare items these days. Back when they were in production, they cost about half the price of a Fireball, now that they are collectable and Federal didn't make nearly as many Flashball's as they did Fireball's, the Flashball sells for at least double, and often more, than the Fireball. As for Starsky and Hutch, the first two seasons of the tv show used a Signal Stat 384, which was Signal Stat's version of the Flashball, the last two seasons used the Federal FBH-11. The recent Starsky and Hutch movie used the SVP 1166.