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Info on vintage skateboard trucks including acs reflex gullwing hpg stroker tracker California slalom etc from the 1970s
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did anyone ever have the pleasure (or misfortune) of riding a set of these? ive often wondered what they would have been like
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Never even heard of em , weird trucks
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you dont see many of them, another ground breaking truck that never took off :lol: looking at this ad it looks as though it was 78 they came out
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I’d imagine if you weren’t too heavy they would be grand for slalom or cruising,

I had the “Zytel” Variflex skateplates back in the day and they lasted ok

It’s the unsupported bit that concerns me no kingpin or grommets to absorb some of the impacts
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