Ok so I made a deal for a 5'8" sweet potato for 140 bucks and when I was about to leave the guy threw in an old Orion short board for nada! It was faded, delaminating, had alot of dings on the bottom and to put it mildly was not even surfable... But hey free is free and I knew when I saw it exactly what I wanted to do with it... Here are the Before and After pics... a few rattle cans, some nice wet sanding with 1500 grit, more clear, and more wet sanding and now I have a piece of wall art to hang in my sons room.... love breathing new life into things that are left for dead.... Check it out!
Sweet! 4 years ago a pulled a 10'6" LB out of a dumpster. Black with wax and smelled like cat piss... Scraped it, cleaned it with about a gallon of Goo gone, polished it up and it know hangs in the hall of our condo. I found out that the board had some local history and the natural colors matched our condo scheme, so serendipity... My wife and I are big into dumpster finds...
Wall art?? If you say so, but to me, you should surf it, man!! Boards, to me, are like motorcycles--not to be trailer queens, they are to be ridden. Oh, and by the way, I just recently sold my Triumph Bonneville, 1970, which I restored (I did mechanics, a guy in NC repainted it to original condition)..I always rode it--it never saw a trailer!
Barry, you had a 70 Bonnie? Leak much oil? Always wanted a 79 Bonnie. Used to see them in the dealership showroom window as we would stumble home from the London pubs. 'Most gorgeous gas tank ever put on a bike.'
Yes, I did...and no, it did not leak oil. I changed all the gaskets, etc. However, as it was a twin engine, 2 carbs, when I rode it, I always carried small screwdriver in my shirt pocket to change the air/gas mixture constantly. Was a great bike. I also had, at the same time, a 1996 Triumph Thunderbird...lots of fun. But I finally woke up and realized that bikes and texting drivers do not mix. Nobody watches where they are going anymore (texters). At least drunk drivers are trying to stay on the road; texters don't even care if there is a road.....
not too bad for a rattle-can job. I agree that board is too toasted to be ridden anymore. Looks like it's never had a ding fixed and impregnated with salt...then, exposed to the seasons for a decade or two (stringer is undoubtedly rotten). Funny, the seller put a relatively new tail pad on it in...traction is worth more than the board (hope you peeled it up and saved it?)
YEA the traction pad was pretty beat believe it or not.. board definately was toast, not sea worthy at all, it was bubbling and delaming everywhere and you cant see the nose of it but it is partially broken off and the layers are all split. Probably where all the water got into the board and ruined it for good... BTW BARRY, I am an old muscle car guy. More of the pro touring type though, you know put new components in old cars? Did about 15 different camaros(first gen) 3 chevelles (2 70 convertibles and 1 67 HT) 3 fastback mustangs (65, 66,) 1 Pontiac GTO convertible( tri power carbs ugh!!) and a 57 chevy nomad, and a handful of 66 and 67 Novas!!... of course I NEVER TRAILER QUEENED them at all, and in most cases they saw corvette 6 speeds, independent rear suspensions, and LS1, LS2, AND LS3 small block fuel injected chevy motors in them. They handled and went faster than most cars on the road today and still maintained their awesome looks... Here are a pair I did and sold within the last year "Midnight Angel" and "Road Rage"..... I miss them but money is money!!
Again Sweet Sweeet Sweeet! I love old cars and have dabbled in them for over thirty years. Never complete resto's... maybe a a carb or fuel injection rebuild, suspensions, rewiring, LIGHT bodywork. Have had bonafide drag race cars to VW micro-buses. I buy, enjoy and then sell at a profit. Only vehicle I ever lost money on was a 77 'vette. Drove it for 3 years and it cost me a thousand bucks. Was not a fan of that vehicle...
Yup-- nice cars---I did have a 64 GTO, which was given to me. My brother, a naval aviator bought it brand new. But we lost him during Vietnam (1965), and the Navy delivered his car, surfboards and belongings to my family in PR. Loved the car, but never brought it back to the USA, but I should have done so. Those were different times, different galaxy, so to speak.....I prefer today.
