Saturday, May 05, 2012

KEEN DAVIS No 122


8'9" x 21 1/2" x  3"
Nose 15 3/8"
Tail 15 1/4"
Pod 6"

As you can see from the image
this board was in pretty bad shape.
Lots of dings and discolouration.
The large rail ding to the right of the fin
was filled with car bog.
Water damage is clearly visable around the fin area.
The stringer under the fin was rotten and had to be replaced.

This is the 4th KD I have restored.
It is the 1st with a production number.

It is also the 1st with a regular D fin.
The other 3 had reverse D fins.
So I would place this board toward the end 
of the labels time based on the fin shape.
1962 to 1964.

Having said that.
The cut lap line on the bottom
is more representative of the early 60's.

Finished.

Monday, April 23, 2012

GORDON WOODS

Production No 6215
circa 1965

9'6 3/8" x 22 3/8" x 2 7/8"
Nose 17 1/4"
Tail 16 3/8"
Pod 7"

This board appears to have not seen to much action.
It only has a few dings, mainly at the nose.
It has only a few dents on the deck.
The fin has been torn out a some stage and replaced.

There is a fair bit of camber in the bottom.
With a nice rocker and pinched out rails.
Double 10oz volan top & bottom.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

FARRELLY HULL

This is the board its owner
learnt to surf on.

It had seen better days.
A major delam on the tail.
3 inches of the fin had been
cut off and reshaped.
Both the tip of the nose and tail were missing.
And numerous dings, some filled with car bog.

Finished.
6' 8"x 20"x 3 5/8"
Nose 14 1/4"
Tail 13 1/4"
Fin 9 1/4"
Base 4 3/4"
9 1/4" from pod.

Pretty ugly.
Have a look here to see some
images or the repairs.

S deck and side slipper fin.

Bottom camber all the way through.

Rebuilt fin.
If you look closely
you can see the join where the new
section was added.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

SHANE STANDARD

The lightning bold looks original.

A basic restoration.
Repair dings. Reset fin.
Remove and reset leg rope plug.
Fill all the bottom lows.
Gloss and polish.

The pin line over the stringer is original.

Short and fat S-deck.

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

JOEY CABELL McDONAGH

Again this board was in for some
minor work. But it has to be added.

It is in original condition.
A few repaired dings here and there.

9'8 3/4" x 21 1/2" x 3 1/4"
Wide point 9 1/2" behind centre
Nose 15 1/2"
Tail 15 1/2"
Pod 5"

Thursday, October 20, 2011

McDONAGH PIG

This board was only in for some fin tuning.
But I think it is well worth adding.
It has had a basic restoration at some point.
The bottom comp stripes are not original.
They are covering some repairs.
The surfcraft rego sticker is also not original.

9'2 1/2" x 22 1/2" x 2 11/16"
N 16 3/8"
T 17 3/4"
Pod 6"
2" balsa stringer with the number 52
written in pencil on the stringer just
fwd of the leg rope loop.

The wide point is 14 3/4" behind centre.
As is the thickness.

The chequered  McDonagh  logo.
 Pinched rails.
A refined Greenough stage 1
or a Velo SS Mk 2 fin.
All suggest this pig was built in 1966 or early 67.

Monday, October 17, 2011

SAM


This old log was a bit poorly when it arrived.
9'4" x 21" x 3"
N 16 1/4"
T 15 3/4"
Pod 4 3/4"

Ready for some glass.

This logo was originally ten
 individual logos arranged to form a circle.
Six of them disappeared when this repair was done. 

The red section of the fin
is chopped strand matt.


New logo ready for some filler.

Freshly glossed.

Finished.
The owner of this board
preferes off the brush gloss coats.