My dad had a bunch of the non-dimpled plates in our garage when I was growing up, mostly 10s but some 5s and a pair of 2.5s including a pair of 10s and a pair of 5s in the pro series. All black. He gave them to me, and after I washed the rust off they were good to go for dumbbells and an EZ-bar. They were the first items I got for my home gym, and I still use them for dumbbells and my EZ bar.
@vintageweightspgh
4 күн бұрын
That’s very cool!
@yannickadam7054
8 ай бұрын
Any idea on timelines between the thicker, thinner with full name and thinner with just the B. Been watching all your vidoes lately, keep them coming!
@vintageweightspgh
8 ай бұрын
Not that I know of. I’d like to find out. So if you read timelines of them anywhere, please let me know. Thanks for watching! I have a video to do list a mile long. So many more to come!!! It really helps to comment on them. So thank you for the comment!
@nannybannany
6 ай бұрын
Cleaning the vintage weight plates we were given by my FIL today... many different varieties. This was helpful and I can't wait to watch more. There were York, Billard, Weider, Roberts, and some other generic no-name ones (unless USA is a brand I don't know of?). Super interesting learning about all of these brands!
@vintageweightspgh
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. That sounds like a fun project!
@gthomas3964
Жыл бұрын
My parents bout me a the Billard plastic/concrete filled110lb set for Christmas back in 1972. I was 13 then.Eventually later on went to the Iron. York plates..Those plates got a lot of use..Still have a few to this day lying around..
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
Nice! What a great memory! Thanks for watching and commenting. 💪
@CraigMiller-ze6ze
Жыл бұрын
I have a set from the late 1950's. They are the gold color. I am the 2nd owner. It appears that the set came with the larger diameter thin plates. The previous owner stated he added plates and those are the smaller diameter thick plates. Both styles are dimpled and have the Billard name. Weights are 2.5, 5, 10, and 25 in both styles. Based on that info, the thin plates are most likely older than the thick plates.
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
Excellent. I really like them. I think I may try to put together a set of the gold.
@fatboitino2
2 жыл бұрын
I have a lot of these vintage plates. They seem to be sold and resold all over Pittsburgh
@vintageweightspgh
2 жыл бұрын
I find Billard quite often. Pittsburgh isn't too far from Reading, plenty of big stores that probably sold them, so it makes sense. Thanks so much for watching!
@muznick
7 ай бұрын
I had some of the thick dimpled 10s, along with the rounded script 2.5 and 5 pounders back in the early '80s. The 10s were used and rusty, so they were from the '70s or earlier. I just bought some cheap CAP bumper plates and despite being made in China, they are an improvement. Not all progress is bad.
@vintageweightspgh
7 ай бұрын
Agree. Any progress is good progress! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@richardmather1906
Жыл бұрын
I have some of the 5s and 2.5s that were in a "standard" barbell set my dad bought for us, used, in the mid 70s. The other plates (10s, 5s, 2.5s, and 1.5s, were "Dan Lurie Brooklyn" plates. I still use them all. The db handles were a solid rod that went inside of a sleeve. Same with the barbell. I used the dbs handles still. Don't use the barbell, and can't even recall what I did with it. The plates are great. The handles and barbell, not so much. Cast iron collars with screws that bite into the bar to hold them tight. You need a wrench to take them on and off. But the plates work fine on spin lock db handles, and on the 6' and 7' Cap barbells I have also.
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
That’s very cool! I need to find one of those small wrenches.
@everysingleday3451
3 ай бұрын
@VintageWeightsPGH you mentioned that you haven’t found anything higher than a 10lb from Bullard that is dimpled. I have a 25lb dimpled Billard plate I recently refinished from a FB Marketplace find. I had no idea it was Billard until this video because it only has the B on it.
@vintageweightspgh
3 ай бұрын
Very cool. Could you please send me a pic of the 25 lb plate? I’d love to see it. VintageWeightsPGH@gmail.com
@everysingleday3451
3 ай бұрын
@@vintageweightspgh just sent it over with a couple other goodies I’ve found recently. Refinished and resold about 1100lbs of vintage plates a couple months back, and I’ve been scooping up everything I can find since.
@Patrician9000
7 ай бұрын
I just found some in the basement!
@vintageweightspgh
6 ай бұрын
Excellent. Congratulations!
@knightwolf2207
Жыл бұрын
I have the non dimpled plates that I workout with I didn't know that they are no longer around because I was trying to find more plates for my set
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
You can still find them on the used market.
@knightwolf2207
Жыл бұрын
@@vintageweightspgh Thank you so so much I have had the same weights since I was 25 and started doing bodybuilding at 27. Now I'm 59 and will be 60 but looks young. I started back working out after my wife passed away in 2020 but didn't start until 2022 . So that's my story I also play video games yes im a one of a kind great grandpa
@gabrieldorrego3020
Жыл бұрын
Not the dimpled. I have those. But the other ones, I think they look nicer in shape and style than Yorks and Weider’s of the same period and maybe look as nice as Dan Luries. Thin, and round, creating a nice profile. I’m not comparing to address plates, but IMO they are as nice as the other more common Luries.
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
I just finished cleaning up some thin dimpled gold 5s and 2.5s. Love them!
@scottnicholson3091
Жыл бұрын
I have two10 pound, Billard Pro made in the USA roadmaster plates
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
Nice!
@scottnicholson3091
Жыл бұрын
I have tons more vintage plates. too many to mention
@scottnicholson3091
Жыл бұрын
@@vintageweightspgh I have lots more too many to mention. So hard to find the value of rare vintage plates.
@FrankZen
3 ай бұрын
With those similar plates, do they come out of the same factory or use a similar template or something? I noticed some brands in my collection where they're practically the same except the lettering and wording.
@vintageweightspgh
3 ай бұрын
Usually it’s the same mold used by another company. It may have been at the same foundry.
@michaeleverett2650
Жыл бұрын
I have many of the Billard pro standard plates in sizes 25,10, 2 1/2 and 3 lbs, I think they are just a nice looking plate with lips for easy gripping, there are quite a few minor variations, some of them say made in USA, some are made in USA Roadmaster, and some are made in China Roadmaster, some have lettering that are large and flat on top, some have lettering that are smaller and taper to a peak at the top, some have thin outer lips and Some have thicker outer lips, some have the same even thickness from the inside of the plate to the outer lip and some have a tapered thickness from the inside of the plate to the outer lip, I'm thinking that the USA without the roadmaster are probably early 80s, and that maybe the USA roadmasters could be early to late eighties or maybe early 90s, and I would guess that the China roadmasters are probably 90s since that's when a lot of manufacturing was starting to be sent to China. I tried to look up the history of how Roadmaster got their name put on the billard pro plates and exactly what years these plates were manufactured, but I couldn't find any information on it.
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
Excellent comment. Thanks so much for watching and commenting! My best guess on the road masters is that many foundries would use the same molds for various companies. For example, Weider standards look very similar to some Billard.
@mikedeleon4246
Жыл бұрын
Hello pal ! I just found in a swap meet a couple of 10 lb Billiard dimpled edge plates with a center hole of 1.3 inch , and they don't fit into my dumbbell bars , do you know why is like that? They cost me only 10 dollars...
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
Yes, Billard as well as some others had slightly larger center holes. Their bars fit perfectly, but when used with a 1” standard bar or dumbbell handle, they have a lot of play.
@lots3799
2 жыл бұрын
I just bought 6 thin billard dimple plates on ebay. How do I know how old they are? 50's????
@vintageweightspgh
2 жыл бұрын
If they're the dimpled, 1960s-1970s is a safe bet. 1959 Mr. Universe was their spokesman, so probably not 1950s.
@lucasfellner6959
Жыл бұрын
Are these plates true to thier marked weight?
@vintageweightspgh
Жыл бұрын
Pretty close. Smaller standards usually are fairly accurate.
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