NIRVANA FLUTED BAT TAIL

Fluted bat tail.

Early 80's thruster.

Found on a council pick up.

Its amazing what people throw out!

In house custom sprays
back in those days.
This board must have been stored inside.
The spray job looks as good as the day it was done.

The tail had been squared off at some stage.

Fortunately the bat tail was left in tact.

Visible in second image.

Foil is still pretty flat through the middle and tail.

The trailing edge centre fin has 

been modified. 

Finished.

Bill was pretty excited to see this board.

70'S NATIVE DOUBLE FLYER SINGLE FIN

 This board certainly is distinctive.

The amount of detail work 

on the deck is 1st class.

 No pre restoration images were taken.

The only real noticeable damage to this board

was the nose and tail tips.

These were replaced with cedar blocks.

The original leg rope plug was removed, 

and reset toward the tail.

It was under the black triangle 

to the right of the stringer.

 Flat rocker.

Finished.

70'S BARRY BENNETT DOUBLE ENDER

 The original logo only had

 filler and gloss over it, no glass.

So over the years the resin 

had chipped  away.

As you can see in the image below.

 Pre restoration images.
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/mbennett.html

The fin had to come out,

so the area could be rebuilt.

A 4oz pigment lam added,

capped with a clear lam.

Then the fin was reset.

 Typical 70's rocker.

Finished.

An extra logo was added on the bottom 

to hide the large ding on the rail.

The old square leg rope plug was removed

and a second hand period  plug was reset.  

Mc GRIGOR SPOON KNEEBOARD

No 1780

5'7"x 20"

Nose 16"

Tail 14 1/2"

Pod 9"

This is a rider.

As a stand up.

Re bonding  delams.

Foil.

The fin

Height 8 1/2"

Base 5 1/2"

5 3/4" from pod. 

Finished.

HUTCHINSON 70s SINGLE FIN

http://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000044.html

1970/71

To my mind there is some MP

  MOTE board influence in this board. 

Measurements.

6' 1/2" x 20 1/2" x 3 5/16"

Nose 14 1/2"

Tail 13 5/8"

Pod. Diamond @ 3 1/2" on flats.

Wide point fwd.

Cambered nose to flat through middle

to v through tail.

Rails 50/50 through nose.

80/20 through middle.

Tapering  80/20 through tail.

Flat North Coast speed shape foil.

Upright  9 1/2" fin.

Base 5 1/4"

6" from pod. 

Finished.

G & S POCKET ROCKET

Shaped by John Monie.

Glassed by Dave Wilson.

This board is still owned by its original owner.

It was built with the Wayne Lynch board below in mind.

It measures in at.

8' 5 1/2" x 22 3/4" x 3"

Nose 17 7/8"

Tail 13"

Production No 9415.

Fully cambered bottom.

Pinched rails.

Stage 3 fin.

Height 11 3/4"

Base 9 1/4"

9 3/4" from pod. 

Finished.

Extra lam on deck for knee paddling.

RUNNING MAN BARRY BENNETT

The owner of this board is the son

of the original owner.

He almost lost it to some one else

but managed to get it back. 

It measures in at.

9'6" x 21 3/4" x 3 1/2"

Nose 16"

Tail 15 3/4"

Pod 5 1/2"

Wide point 5 1/2" behind mid point.

Original pinlines and pigment work.

All the rocker is in the bottom.

The deck is almost flat.

Original 66/67 rego sticker.

Base 10"

Height 8 1/4"

1 3/4" from pod.

All finished and ready to hang.

Finally retired after almost 50 years.

BARRY BENNETT SINGLE FIN 5899

Shaped by

Russell Head.

Single flyer pintail.

Not a lot wrong with this board.

There were a few stressies on the bottom.

A few dings around the rails.

The fin needed re setting.

Gloss and polish.

It measures in at ^

                   

Foil.

RUNNING MAN BARRY BENNETT

I picked up this old beauty about

6 months ago with no intention of restoring it.

The more I looked at it,

the more I thought it may be worth doing.

It has a nice rocker and outline.

It has been said that the best of these

old logs have been surfed into oblivion.

Maybe this one, is one that has survived.

Just!

No fin.

Many dings.

Delams on deck from knee paddling.

And some genius has tried to reshape the nose.

It could be 6" shorter than original.

New section of stringer scarped into place.

Foam fitted, bonded

and shaped.

The board on the left is also a Bennett

from the same era.

I tried offering up the curves I have to it

and the one I eventually used

matches the the board pretty closely.

A new fin had to be made.

Gloss coats.

Foil.

This board is a rider.

It is going to get dinged and scratched.

I'll do the pigment work, if and when it is retired.

Maybe!