Manhattan Rubber Bowling Ball

I think they went out of the bowling ball bussiness in the late 1980 s.

Manhattan rubber bowling ball. This one is of course used with. A mottled blue black manhatten ball was my very first bowling ball that i had. Rare manhattan rubber promaker green rubber 15lb bowling ball pro maker vintage c 135 63 top rated seller from united states coverstock. I rolled some really good games with a rubber dick weber powerball in recent years.

More 4 vintage blue swirl 1971 manhattan rubber candlepin bowling balls 2 5 ounce. If you happen to bowl on wood lanes you may like this thing. Vintage manhattan rubber multi color paisley swirl bowling ball 14 lbs. Get it in front of 160 million buyers.

These were very popular in the 1950s and 60s. I had one in the mid 1980 s and it was a urethane ball it was a good ball. Cosom rubberized bowling ball 3 lbs red 78 56. Although the industry provided successful rubber bowling balls well into the 1970 s such as the johnny petraglia lt 48 ball made by brunswick essentially from about 1971 forward the polyester bowling balls were predominantly used.

At the time it was the ball to have. Manhatten rubber is the name of the company not the compostion of the ball. Manhattan rubber bowling ball. Champion sports lightweight rubber bowling ball 2 1 2 pounds teal and red.

Cosom rubberized bowling ball 3 lbs green 78 56. Manhattan rubber bowling ball with additional accessories. Rubber balls were used predominantly leading into the 1970 s. The low friction surface coverstock on a rubber ball actually produced slightly more surface friction than does polyester plastic bowling balls and was similar to the low grade original urethane coverstocks but not as versatile as urethane material coverstocks thus the end of the rubber ball era entirely.

Vintage bowling ball manhattan rubber black with case collectable fv3123 s l. Plastic balls or more properly polyester coverstock bowling balls replaced the rubber ball in the 1970 s in popularity and was the dominant ball during the decade. We were not to knowledgable about ball surfaces then just the very name of manhatten rubber carried it through. That was in the very early 60 s.

It plays nicely on short oil dry backends. Manhattan rubber made some of the better rubber balls back in the day. Got one to sell.