Hires Help

[sha11s]

Happy New Year to all!

Have any of you seen one of these before? http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6vdWQfUa3WDY7OQRd9uQ8g?feat=directlink
Not sure if it shows in the pic very well, but it is a smoke/grey coloured Hires bottle.
Any input would be appreciated

Thanks,
Scott

 

[acls]

Hi sha11s. That bottle was originally clear and someone monkeyed around with it and made it that color. Some bottle collectors will take inexpensive soda bottles and stick them under x-ray machines, meat sterilization machines, intensive uv bulbs etc. and the chemicals in the glass react and a color change occurs. The glass of this Hires more than likely contained selenium which turns brown, smokey gray, muddy amber etc. when stuck under x-rays. Currently there are a bunch of these bottles on ebay.

 

[acls]

Here's a couple from the bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1968-16oz-BROWN-AMBER-DIET-PEPSI-POP-TOP-BOTTLE-NR_W0QQitemZ220535347804QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3358ee5a5c

http://cgi.ebay.com/BROWN-AMBER-16-oz-SUNKIST-SODA-POP-BOTTLE-UNIQUE-NR_W0QQitemZ160391264924QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2558107a9c

 

[sha11s]

Wow! Thanks for that great info ACLS!!! It did seem odd to me that a bottler would choose that colour to put it's product in.
Thanks again,
Scott