9' 2" GORDON WOODS

 This is a pretty refined Gordon Woods.

With the large GW on the bottom.

I think 1965/66.

 Every once in a while a board turns up and

when you look through all the dings and other damage

you think wow this board has something.

This is the case with this board.

Its owner saw the same thing and this is why

it has been restored. 

9" 2" x 22 1/8" x 3 1/4"

Wide point 4" 3" from pod.

Nose 16 3/4"

Tail 17"

Pod 5 3/4"

 I've restored a number of boards for the owner.

He likes to contribute to some of the work involved.

So it has been travelling between the two of us for 

close to 12 months.

 So the two images above is how it was 

when I received it.

Glass removed, rail dings cut out

and dings sanded ready for glassing.

 There was a large delam on the bottom nose.

This was prepped and re bonded.

The pod was badly damaged.

A cedar tail block was added. 

 Tail block.

 The large original GW on the bottom

had delaminated and had been pumped full of resin 

in an attempt to re bond it.

This resulted in the logo being pumped up above 

the level of the bottom of the board.

As it wasn't clamped or weighed down.

It was removed and replaced.

 The 12" fin was removed and a large 

delam underneath was re bonded.

The CSM fin had two layers of 6oz added per side.

Cleaned up and reset.

The board has a really nice bottom curve

and semi pinched rails.

Finished.

The gloss coat was wet & dry sanded

by the owner, returned and polished by me.

The main objective was to get the board

back in the water. It was heavy to start with

 and with all the work done there was a worry

that would become to heavy. 

So no pigment work done on the obvious repairs

in an attempt to keep the weight down.

Young Sydney surfer
Keyo Rhodes
and the GW at the
2015 National Old Mal titles at
Crescent head.

REVERSE D FIN GORDON WOODS No 4462

 This board is a Gordon Woods

reverse d fin.

No 4462.

With a 1 1/4" balsa stringer and

 1/4" Western red cedar side stringers.

 Pre restoration.

Numerous dings around the rails.

Alot of water stains.

9'4" x 21 3/4" x 3  9/16"

Nose 16" 

Tail 14 3/4"

Pod 4"

 The balsa stringer needed replacing

at the nose due to dry rot.

The cedar was fine and did not need replacing.

 Re bonding the delam 

under the fin.

 Typical early 60's foil.

Note the leg rope loop

at the pod.

This board is a rider.

 The CSM fin was cleaned up

and 2 layers of 6oz cloth

was added per side
before being reset.

11 1/4" high.

9 1/4" base.

1 7/8" from pod. 

Finished.

GORDON WOODS TRIPPLE STRINGER

Not sure about the age of this board.

I would say 63/64

 The logo according to surfresearch 

suggests this board is a 66 model. 

 

 Pre restoration.

9'8 1/2" x 21 3/4" x 3 7/8"

Nose 16"

Tail 15 1/4"

Pod 5"

 Old fin.

Not original timber.

Crudely glassed and set to far forward.

 New fin.

 This area was delaminated

and the foam was split.

The stringer was intact.

 Nose area repaired.

Bottom gloss down.

 Flat rocker.

Note the leg rope attachment.

This board is going to be a rider.

Finished.

Fresh pigment work.

They are a bit hard to see.

The foam has shrunk between the stringers

through the mid section on the bottom.

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.

WALLACE AND WOODS

40% of the Brookvale Five.

These two boards are owned by the same person.

They are only in for repairs.

But are worth showing.

Both are in very good condition,

and are good examples of the way things

were going in 65/66 and early 67.

In regard to outlines, rails and foils.

GORDON WOODS

A realy nice example of a pinched rail

"Sam" inspired shape.

This board needs re fining

and a bottom gloss only.

Check out http://dpsr-behindthescenes.blogspot.com/
for updates on the work.

GORDON WOODS SURFBOARDS

Triple stringer.

9' 2"x 21 3/8"

Nose 16 1/4"

Tail 15 1/4"

Pod 5"

This board is in very good condition.

The blue stripe was not original and was removed.

There were a few onions on the deck

and some small dings on the rails.

There is some water staining also on the rails.

Nice rocker.

The deck and bottom have quite a bit of camber.


The fin is CSM with 10oz cloth over.
Base 11 1/2"
Hight 9 1/2"
The fin may have been a D.
Looks like the trailing has been reshaped.


Dings repaired.
Sanded and re glossed and pollished.
At some stage there was a stripe on the deck.
There is no evidence of why it was removed and painted over.

GORDON WOODS RESTORATION 1999

This is the board that got the restoration side of my business up and running. It is a 9'6" Gordon Woods. Built in Brookvale on Sydneys Northern Beaches. By looking at the fin, I would think it was built around 1964/65.
This board was purchased from a work colleague for AU $100. The deck was in good condition, apart from the manufactures logo delaminating, and some large dents in the nose. These dents I think are due to the lack of glass on the nose on the bottom. The bottom was another story. No glass, for the fist two and half feet. from the nose. This resulting in the stringer being completely rotted for the whole length of the board. The stringer may have been Pacific Maple or Western red ceder. The rails had the usual amount of dings and fractures for a board of this age. The fin was intact and in good condition.
The first task was to replace the glass missing from the nose with two layers of 10 oz cloth. Next, replace the stringer, This meant cutting the glass on either side of the stringer with a diamond saw and scraping out the sludge with a chisel. The fin was not removed from the board. The original stringer was 20min wide which ment 25mm DAR fitted straight in. I laminated five lengths of 20min by 20min Pacific maple, using FGI RI 80 epoxy resin and AEROSIL silica, and clamped in place. After planing the excess timber off the stringer, 150min either side of the stringer was heavily ground and two layers of 10 oz cloth applied after sealing the stringer with a coat of resin. All the other dings where ground, reglassed and sanded. The whole board was then sanded and all the low spots filled and faired with 75% Q-CELL / 25% AEROSIL. Once fair all the filled areas were covered with one layer of 4oz cloth.
After sanding it was time for the pigment coats to hide the ugly spots. The deck was left clear as original. The rails were pigmented a dark green to the trim lines on the top and bottom. The bottom was pigmented a peppermint green leaving the stringer clear. The rails needed two coats, which has now become standard practice on all the restorations I've done since. After sanding to 1200 w&d a 1/4- black pinline was added top and bottom on the trim line. The board was then sanded with 1500 w&d and polished. The resin on the deck is original and did not need any extra work done to bring the gloss up.

PREPARED BOTTOM

The bottom is ready for the new stringer
to be glued in, and glassed.

NEW STRINGER

The new stringer glued and clamped into place.

NEW STRINGER

Another view of the clamped stringer.

STRINGER GLASSED

The board is now ready for the lows to be filled.

LOWS FILLED

The bottom has been filled
and is ready to be sanded.

READY FOR PIGMENT

The bottom has been glassed
and sanded ready for the first pigment coat.

PIGMENT COAT

The first pigment coat. Peppermint Green.

PIGMENT COAT

The pigment coat on the rails. Emerald Green.

FINISHED DECK

The finished deck.
With black pinlines.