Vintage 1970s skateboard forum

Re listed’

No I think he’s deadly serious trucks are two a penny and deck is not too difficult to get a good if not better example. Wheels are good but definitely not worth £800+

Hey ho, (do remember this complete on one of the facebook groups, but can’t imagine anyone suggesting 1k +)

Yeah I’m sure you’re right, I remember the adverts from back in the day but never saw anyone ride them!

Yeah Adrian hopefully it’ll come together nicely, and as Nick mentioned strange extra holes to sort out.

Not sure what the wheels are, the base plates look like ACS, but will probably swap out trucks for full tracks. Not decided on wheels, any ideas?

I checked out the sellers other listings which ...

Yeah lucky sod……..,and his daughters don’t even know they’ve bagged a bargain for his birthday

See Facebook group info

I’d be very disappointed when that arrived!

Too far gone for most, unless new to collecting and want to recreate a board from back in the day!

On the plus side both boards were well used and obviously brought many hours of fun to the previous owners!

Yeah no hope……

I see the Warptails has been listed again, another one that’ll never sell!

Hey ho, at least those in the know, describe correctly, price correctly and sell !!

I recently enquired about the oak Warptail on ebay, as I own a near identical setup although mine has historical wood worm damage, was hoping to strike a deal as best offers accepted. Well never heard a thing, it’s now been relisted 3 times. Not sure if sellers ever check sold / completed items ...

It’ll never sell, any serious Powell peralta collector will already own one and on tip top condition!

Yeah in fact logo looks a very poor copy too!

Sold…..2 bids by same bidder, so can only assume he wanted it!

So who’s bidding on the Surrey Ripstik?

The sticker arrived and while it’s good enough quality I think it is smaller than the original would have been, it’s a long time since I sold my Henderson but I have an 8” inch wooden deck if you want a photographic comparison.

Was wondering if anyone knows what the original dimensions were, in ...