Vintage 1970s skateboard forum

haha,sticky things arent good for not being used, ive got a large oj dealer sticker and the backing paper was like wafer thin greaseproof stuff which had welded itself to the sticker

Amazing the stuff we hang onto, and yet sometimes the stuff we’ve let go we wish we hadn’t

What’s the view to the following listing?

piece of junk looks like a generic fibreflex shaped copy,were you thinking benjyflex? theres no diecut grip with sticker if thats the case,the trucks look like they could be decent though,they certainly wont be ground

Well I too had my doubts regarding the deck, but I’ve been on the look out for a singular Energy base plate for ages….
Anyone on here help?
I’ve noticed they produced in raw and painted?

Got this other week mark 2 Henderson survivor , it’s been aerosolled in the past and nose has been trimmed a bit but still a rare board , I’m going to get the paint of the grip tape and either wax or lightly varnish the underside , I don’t mind them rough and ready gives them a bit of character

Lent them on the strokers just to see as well

should have known it was you who bought the benjy shame the nose has took a battering ,the strokers certainly look different, ive never seen any on a benjy thats for sure! enjoy them

couldn’t help myself I don’t mind em a bit rough and ready

Looks like someone wanted a Ray Bones Snub nose as their next board.

Still looker though

The top of its quite nice and I’m sure I can get that red aerosol paint off it

On the Henderson I had the skul n bones was In filled with the Rasta colours which I thought looked pretty cool.

Yep Steve mine was same

Benjy Whitelightening Question

Were they all wedge tails, I have my 28.5 oddity listed on eBay at the minute and another Ebayer has pointed out it’s a not a wedge tail. I’m no expert on wood or wood grain but this one looks more like it was cut that shape rather than a warp til

I have only ever had 27’s never a 30” so interested in other owners opinions, I have amended the listing in the mean time.

When I bought this one I was down to my last 2 27” and it was to my eye identical I can recall at least one of the 27” was a wedge tail but can’t at the moment get in to my old photo site.

Tail and wheel well sizes etc were spot on I believed it was just undrilled and unfinished

To me it’s either 2 things it’s either a 30 which has had tail damage and been trimmed down or like you say maybe a hobie or similar which is of virtually same design , my own feeling is that it’s not a benjy as the wood doesn’t seem as good and the wheel wells are a little offset to each other and whereas the one you have at side for comparison is really symmetrical at either side if you know what I mean and the wheel wells aren’t as well finished off but maybe it’s a benjy Friday afternoon one

I’m not 100% sure either, I own both the 27” & 30” and both examples have the kicktail spliced into the deck, effectively 2 separate piece’s!

Will post pictures later for comparison and discussion.

yes the benjy has the top piece of the tail cut and glued in place as a seperate part to create the kick,you can easily see the joint on them