Just because Connors started using it in 1984 doesn't mean it wasn't already available before then. We all know how long it must have taken Connors to give up on his beloved T-2000's and use something else. Heck even after using the PS 85 for only a couple of months, he went right back to using his T-2000 for several more years. How long did it take between the time the Pure Drive was introduced before "everyone was switching to it"? People probably didn't switch to the PS 85 until they saw Connors using it at the '84 US Open.
It clearly states that the PS 85 was introduced in 1983 and that it didn't have a bumper, but that a bumper was added in 1984. Since we all know that the Chicago version was originally sold without a bumper (I used to own one), it must have already been on the market prior to 1984.
And since the PS 85 was introduced in 1983, it had to take them some time to develop it and then put it onto production, and they didn't even start developing the 85 until after the 110 was already completed and in production. There's no reason to put something into regular production unless you were going to sell it or else it would be a huge cost to the company. Thus, the 110 must have come out well before the 85, and surmise it was probably around 1982 or at least early 1983, if the 85 came out in late 1983.
Sorry, but I'm going to believe the Wilson engineer who actually oversaw the design and production of the Pro Staffs than rely on your sometimes shaky memory (don't forget you also mistakenly remembered all standard non-Superlight Donnay Allwoods to have white paint on the outer hoop until several of us proved otherwise).
It clearly states that the PS 85 was introduced in 1983 and that it didn't have a bumper, but that a bumper was added in 1984. Since we all know that the Chicago version was originally sold without a bumper (I used to own one), it must have already been on the market prior to 1984.
And since the PS 85 was introduced in 1983, it had to take them some time to develop it and then put it onto production, and they didn't even start developing the 85 until after the 110 was already completed and in production. There's no reason to put something into regular production unless you were going to sell it or else it would be a huge cost to the company. Thus, the 110 must have come out well before the 85, and surmise it was probably around 1982 or at least early 1983, if the 85 came out in late 1983.
Sorry, but I'm going to believe the Wilson engineer who actually oversaw the design and production of the Pro Staffs than rely on your sometimes shaky memory (don't forget you also mistakenly remembered all standard non-Superlight Donnay Allwoods to have white paint on the outer hoop until several of us proved otherwise).
You were also wrong about the McEnroe's Dunlop Maxply Fort. Until you were proved wrong by me and other posters.
Here is Edberg winning his first Pro title in Milan in March 1984 with his bumperless Chicago Pro Staff Midsize. In 1983 Edberg won the Junior Grand Slam with the Wilson Javelin.
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