Pre-1980 Vintage Skateboard Gear

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Pre-1980 Vintage Gear (6027 Posts) Product Info Old tracker sizes On 4/15/2000 Jonas wrote in from (205.188.nnn.nnn) Could someone let me know the axle and hanger widths of tracker mid and half tracks? I plan on modifying some Indy 101's to make my 8-wheeler.Thanks for the info.     Rate post 11549 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Chris, great idea On 4/14/2000 hughr wrote in from (205.216.nnn.nnn) Hey herbn, If you are willing... I would be willing to send you a few bucks to color copy the artical... I understand that you are a student who has an extremely cheap dad (I know how that goes, I too am a cheap dad)and I am sure that your funds are near and dear (been there too... actually I have never left there) So shoot me an e-mail and let me know... thanks, HR     Rate post 11536 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Skateboarder Interview On 4/14/2000 Chris wrote in from (167.208.nnn.nnn) Herbn/Hugh, If you photocopy the mag, you might want to do color photocopies of any pages with color pictures. The quality isn't great but is good enough to do web graphics. All of the pix from "The Cult of the Longboarder" article on nosewheelie.com were scanned from color photocopies of the original article. It's a bit more expensive but worth it. Good luck, Chris     Rate post 11529 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) interview On 4/14/2000 hugh r wrote in from (205.216.nnn.nnn) Hey Herbn, If your willing.. shoot me an e-mail, I will give you an address that you can send a photo-copy of the interview too. I will scan and post it. Thanks, HR     Rate post 11527 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) July 80-81?Skateboarder On 4/14/2000 Herbn wrote in from (207.198.nnn.nnn) Toft interveiw,I some how got 2 copies both with covers still on(freakin amazing),he mentions making a 36 inch kneeboarding version of the eightwheeler ,somewhere else he calls it a Super eight though I couldn't find that, how can I e-mail an interveiw? i guess i'd need a scaner or something?     Rate post 11521 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Half Tracks On 4/14/2000 Rickbeme wrote in from (206.189.nnn.nnn) You can get Half Tracks from Nige in the UK. This guys got the vintage connections. I bought a pair a few weeks ago. I think he's got a pair on Ebay right now. Email him at mrempi@aol.com     Rate post 11517 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) toft On 4/13/2000 Herbn wrote in from (207.198.nnn.nnn) come to think of it,that bit of interveiw might have been in a "quivers" section where various pros talked about there boards,with pictures ,I don't remember a picture of the super 8 though.     Rate post 11499 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Skateboarder Mag On 4/13/2000 Herbn wrote in from (207.198.nnn.nnn) Yeah, i think its around i'll, see if i can find it.     Rate post 11498 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) More 8-wheel stuff On 4/12/2000 Jonas wrote in from (152.163.nnn.nnn) Herbn, do you still have access to that Toft interview?If so could you e-mail it to me or post it somehow?Thanx!     Rate post 11478 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) super 8 On 4/11/2000 hugh r wrote in from (205.216.nnn.nnn) Herbn Never heard of the super 8, but I would love to see some pix of it. Never heard of the custom trackers either. They would be tricky to construct. If you have some pictures or other info please let me know. The board may have been a pre-simms garage built. I hear that Lonnie Toft is making snow boards now. Does anyone know how to get ahold of him? Thanks, HR     Rate post 11460 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Super 8 On 4/10/2000 Herbn wrote in from (207.198.nnn.nnn) Every hear of these, I think lonnie toft mentioned them in his Skateboarder inter veiw, its an 8 wheeled longboard. Also Toft mentioned cutting or having custom midtracks that were halftracks on the inside,mids outside.     Rate post 11425 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) 8 wheeler On 4/8/2000 rooney wrote in from (152.163.nnn.nnn) you all may have seen my 8 wheeler on hugh308 and I must say after22/23 years it still gets me going.I rode a couple of years at skatercross 7 wheels outor rollon tops on the 4th bowl.it takes awhile toget the hang and its not for girly men.you must constantly walk the board,wich i learned early on longboards.     Rate post 11411 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) 8 wheelers On 4/7/2000 hugh r wrote in from (205.216.nnn.nnn) Jonas, The simms/toft 8-wheelers are extremly rare. I believe that they were only mfg'd for one short production run in the late 70's. Chances are that you will not find one for sale at any reasonable price. Expect to pay more than 1500 for one in good shape... they are quite collectable and almost no one has them. There are other types out there, but the simms/toft seems to be the most desired by collectors. Construction techiniques were ahead of their time with the use of ply, concave and kick-tail. The board was not intended as a flat-land ride. They are difficult to master but ride fairly well on vertical surfaces. It is true that they are an oddity, but they were an inovation and an important turning point in skating history. If you ever get a chance to ride one you will come away with the apperication of the skill level of Lonnie Toft, who was a master on this board and could make it perform as well as a 4 wheeler. The trucks that were most common on these boards were the half tracks... good luck finding those too. It took two years of searching to find 4 of them. There are some guys in the UK who claim to have a bunch of the in un-used condition, but I am skeptical. So keep in mind that the 8-wheeler was not the be-all to end-all in board design, but it was an important development in deck design. HR (by the way, chris s, contact me about that board if you read this)     Rate post 11394 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Eightwheelers On 4/7/2000 Herbn wrote in from (207.198.nnn.nnn) I built one,once using Bennetts and roadrider 4's they kind of suck you have to step from side to side because the board will only turn towards the direction your standing on maybe I didn't give it much of a chance but they were just real clumsy,rarety, a lot of shops had them because they were so unusual,but they probabely stayed in the shop and were eventually scraped to build two regular boards.     Rate post 11383 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Uncle Wiggley/Epoxy-Glass On 4/5/2000 Jonas wrote in from (152.163.nnn.nnn) This deck I got recently from my local shop's "basement".It's so ugly you gotta love it(I do)!11" wide with plaid graphics.One other interesting thing beside the semi-glass construction is three alluminum rivets around the nose. I want to know more about the Lonnie Toft 8-wheelers. How rare are they and does anyone know of people willing to sell? What was the thinking behind running quad trucks and can anyone tell what they rode like?     Rate post 11363 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Trucks On 4/1/2000 liv wrote in from (205.188.nnn.nnn) hey lookin for old schooly trucks for a vintage aluminum banana board, pretty short but shaped long so..yeah small trucks ..like any banana(:     Rate post 11256 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Mackintosh On 3/31/2000 Herbn wrote in from (207.198.nnn.nnn) Oh oh, dad must have found a computer in someones' garbage, and hooked it up with that free internet that I keep hearing advertisements for;)     Rate post 11236 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) damn planks with wheels On 3/23/2000 herbn's dad wrote in from (207.41.nnn.nnn) "cheapest old man on the planet"? After raising you and putting up with your skating stuff all these years! Why I ought to ...Remember that time when you were 6 years old and you had to mess with them wheel bearings? You left 'em on the floor and Granny slipped and broke her hip. I'll give you cheap old man,son.     Rate post 11049 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Sims Taperkick On 3/16/2000 Herbn wrote in from (207.198.nnn.nnn) 40x9 or 9.5 or even 10 did they make that, I always thought the Taperkicks would have been even cooler if they were fiberglassed, how about Maharaja longboards?Outlaws,I ordered one C.O.D. and my dad refused delivery,cheapest old man on the planet.     Rate post 10874 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Bunger deck On 3/1/2000 Dave wrote in from (208.236.nnn.nnn) Looking for a late 70's Bunger deck. Mostly fibreglass, I think...preferably a white deck with multi colored swirls on it...but any Bunger considered. Please email me privately. Thanks!     Rate post 10488 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Half tracks On 2/29/2000 hugh regalado wrote in from (205.216.nnn.nnn) Hello out there... I am looking for two sets of Tracker Half Tracks. They are for my brothers Simms-Toft 8-wheeler. This is a serious search... please contact me if you have some for sale. Also if you like old school boards and pictures, check out my site. Thanks, HR http://www.hugh308.homestead.com/     Rate post 10460 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Mark Gonzales On 2/28/2000 KELLY wrote in from (209.86.nnn.nnn) I looking for a Gonz DECK made by vision any model and in any shape or condition. Will pay top $$$$     Rate post 10412 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Makaha Board On 2/21/2000 Mike wrote in from (152.163.nnn.nnn) I just had my old fav board stolen. Please let me know if you have anything close or suggestions. I put it together in the late 70's! 27' Makaha Board (Bruce Logan, single tail) Bahne 650 Trucks Road Rider 4 Wheels Rad Pads Thanks Man! Mike     Rate post 10213 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Ebay On 2/8/2000 Herbn wrote in from (207.198.nnn.nnn) Man,I have no luck with this computer thang,I entered "Skuda" and "Skuda skateboards" just for curiousity and came up with "sorry there are no items on Ebay that fit that discription "blah blah blah.     Rate post 9823 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0) Skuda On 2/5/2000 jens wrote in from (195.204.nnn.nnn) Herbn. The kicktail is flat. Totally flat.     Rate post 9742 ! Best-Of Ncdsa (0)   Informative (0)   Abuse(0)   Flag Moderators (0)

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