Brunswick Gold Crown 1 colors

[sodly]

Does anyone have a list... or better yet photographs... of all the colors Gold Crown 1s came in from the factory? From what I've gathered, the color choices changed slightly over the years of that first generation. For example, I found this photo of a GC1 with gray aprons on a 1964 brochure. This is the only image of gray aprons that I've seen. However, I have a scan of an old brochure that lists "classic white" as a color choice but the color chip looks pale gray, just like the table attached here. Does anyone have a better photo/scan of a gray GC1?

Did cloth color choices change throughout the first generation, too? Or was it always the same 4 colors (green, tangerine, blue, gold) that were available?

 

[garczar]

Does anyone have a list... or better yet photographs... of all the colors Gold Crown 1s came in from the factory? From what I've gathered, the color choices changed slightly over the years of that first generation. For example, I found this photo of a GC1 with gray aprons on a 1964 brochure. This is the only image of gray aprons that I've seen. However, I have a scan of an old brochure that lists "classic white" as a color choice but the color chip looks pale gray, just like the table attached here. Does anyone have a better photo/scan of a gray GC1?

Did cloth color choices change throughout the first generation, too? Or was it always the same 4 colors (green, tangerine, blue, gold) that were available?

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Its white not gray. http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?470979&p=6105574#post6105574

 

[sodly]

I know they call it "classic white," I think. But in the photo I posted don't you agree that it looks pale gray? It's different than the white base color. Wish I had that 1964 cover photo in higher resolution.

 

[dbgordie]

Go to Brunswick billiards online. They have a history section. Go to Keyword search. Punch in Gold crown. The 11th and 12th ads are for 1962 and 1964. Pictures and colors provided.
You're welcome.

 

[dbgordie]

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[garczar]

I know they call it "classic white," I think. But in the photo I posted don't you agree that it looks pale gray? It's different than the white base color. Wish I had that 1964 cover photo in higher resolution.

Its just how that painting/drawing is shaded. It didn't come in gray. I played a bunch in a '60's-style all GoldCrown room. Our's were white and gold. The white was pretty darn white.

 

[sodly]

Good stuff! Thanks everyone.

 

[xianmacx]

here are color matches for 3 of the 4 colors. The only one missing is tangerine.

White
Gold
Blue

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=460868

 

[franko]

Color

I know they call it "classic white," I think. But in the photo I posted don't you agree that it looks pale gray? It's different than the white base color. Wish I had that 1964 cover photo in higher resolution.

A local table Mechanic who specializes ( last 45 yrs. ) calls that color Almond. I do not know if that was from Brunswick or just what he called it. I know they also came in orange / coral and Blue.