AttyGuy, thanks for posting the pics of your York plates & roundhead db.'s. i love old school equipment. i've been watching CL for york plates or db.'s, nothing in this area in the last year that i've been looking.thanks again for the thread & pics!
If you make the drive to DE, there's a guy who sells old York stuff. There's also a great guy in Richmond who flips gear (and refinishes plates) and he often gets York plates. He's got 300 pounds of beautifully refinished York 25s, 10s, 5s and 2.5s right now on cl for $200. I drew the limit for my personal collection at 1530 pounds of York plates, not including 100s. That's six full 255-lb sets and it doesn't include the metric plates. Expect to pay 50 to 85 cents a pound. Once I started finding Yorks, I couldn't stop. They are really plentiful if you are patient.
You need a rack, bench and 300-lb. Oly set. Now, what was your question?
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If you make the drive to DE, there's a guy who sells old York stuff. There's also a great guy in Richmond who flips gear (and refinishes plates) and he often gets York plates. He's got 300 pounds of beautifully refinished York 25s, 10s, 5s and 2.5s right now on cl for $200. I drew the limit for my personal collection at 1530 pounds of York plates, not including 100s. That's six full 255-lb sets and it doesn't include the metric plates. Expect to pay 50 to 85 cents a pound. Once I started finding Yorks, I couldn't stop. They are really plentiful if you are patient.
The 50's do. Being from Canada almost was an exclusion (the Weiders were from Canada), but we're more open-minded than BoHo was back during the iron wars!
You need a rack, bench and 300-lb. Oly set. Now, what was your question?
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Hey, just got home after picking up some plates to refurb. What a trip, but that's another story.
I'll get some better pics, with some other shots of my better condition York stuff later, but I picked up what appears to be an ancient York bar and a couple of York 35s (milled).
I got some other plates with them that are a bit of a mystery. Can anyone tell me what the manufacturer of the 45s is? Is that some sort of old school Hampton logo? They say made in the USA on them. I'm not sure about the smaller plates, either. They don't seem to be milled like the York 35s though so I'll probably just clean them up, paint and sell them. It looks like I'll have to do a KastorTroy and clean up the bar a bit (with CLR?), but the ends spin freely so with a little love it will be nice to have a second York bar.
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Hey, just got home after picking up some plates to refurb. What a trip, but that's another story.
I'll get some better pics, with some other shots of my better condition York stuff later, but I picked up what appears to be an ancient York bar and a couple of York 35s (milled).
I got some other plates with them that are a bit of a mystery. Can anyone tell me what the manufacturer of the 45s is? Is that some sort of old school Hampton logo? They say made in the USA on them. I'm not sure about the smaller plates, either. They don't seem to be milled like the York 35s though so I'll probably just clean them up, paint and sell them. It looks like I'll have to do a KastorTroy and clean up the bar a bit (with CLR?), but the ends spin freely so with a little love it will be nice to have a second York bar.
Nice pickup and those York 35's are sweet. I'm hoping someday some York 35's pop-up on craigslist near me. Defiantly looking forward to the before and after pics of the bar!
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Originally Posted by KastorTroy
Nice pickup and those York 35's are sweet. I'm hoping someday some York 35's pop-up on craigslist near me. Defiantly looking forward to the before and after pics of the bar!
where are you located at again?
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Vermonter, i recently cleaned up an old bar using white vinegar, it did a really good job.
Oh? Great news, I have a lot of that on hand. I'll give it a shot. Did you just wipe it on? Do I need to "apply" it to the bar for very long?
Do I need to be wary around the collars or is it safe to apply it liberally? I have no experience cleaning up anything aside from some plates with a wire brush drill bit.
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Originally Posted by Vermonter
Oh? Great news, I have a lot of that on hand. I'll give it a shot. Did you just wipe it on? Do I need to "apply" it to the bar for very long?
Do I need to be wary around the collars or is it safe to apply it liberally? I have no experience cleaning up anything aside from some plates with a wire brush drill bit.
hit your bar with it - it did wonders for mine. I used PB-Blaster but I've heard good things about vinegar.
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