Wasp Trucks

[dcgnus]

These were the uks attempt at making a similar truck to the gullwing split axles and were a nice enough truck but weren’t a great seller so nowadays they are quite collectible , they were black eco y coated which gave them quite a modern mean look and were made in Surrey

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[Itsonlymoney!!!]

I have a set with a few marks on them, they seem better quality than Gullwings. I have never ridden them but did recently set them up on my Manx Slalom with Avon Boosters.

[dcgnus]

I nearly bought some once but didn’t , wouldn’t mind some to put on a benjy at some point , Manx yes they advertised heavily bitd they were in most skateboard mags yours is first one I’ve actually seen outside an advert

[punkboy]

did you get the boosters off me by any chance? i sold a nos set several yrs back,nearly had to give them away did anyone ride them back in the day in the wet? the pinks are really rare

[Itsonlymoney!!!]

No like a lot of stuff I bought them direct from Shiner 20 years ago but I was late to the game and most of the good stuff had gone, pretty sure they came with bearings.

I which I had been one of smart guys with their old copies of Skateboard! going round the old factories from the adverts in 99/2000 to see if they were still there and if they had old stock,

Those guys cleaned up going full Drew Pritchard lol

[punkboy]

i think the early 90's would have been the best time to pick up cheap gear,especially from the shops.i bet theres still a bit of stock stashed away in folks sheds/garages/false roofs still,its just a matter of dropping lucky
i found a guy a few yrs back whos dad used to have a sports shop and he had a fair bit of gear still,nos fibreflex,zflex,and a fair few british decks as well plus some benjys,i was trying to sort a deal but it never happened and he just disappeared,ive never seen any of it for sale so presume he still has it shame i lost his email over the yrs

[SlackAlice]

These were made by a company that made hang gliders!

[dcgnus]

These were made by a company that made hang gliders!

Good info crazy eh

[Itsonlymoney!!!]

Just sold my set for around £200, which I thought was a fair enough price but considerably cheaper than the more common Split Axle Gull wings in the same condition would be.

[dcgnus]

Just sold my set for around £200, which I thought was a fair enough price but considerably cheaper than the more common Split Axle Gull wings in the same condition would be.

Yes I was going to bid on them but I think 200ish was fair for you and buyer , rare trucks though only other pair I saw were £65 and that was years back

[SlackAlice]

They cleaned up a treat!

[dcgnus]

Nice

[punkboy]

are those like a collar/spacer on the axles? i didnt know they had those,never noticed them before

[SlackAlice]

Sean Goff has a luge board with WASP trucks. One is a 10" wide.

[Itsonlymoney!!!]

Yeah, interesting that, they wouldn’t just have made 1 truck that size they are bound to have made a batch