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the catalogue #170 
1966 Gordon Woods,  Malibu 8 ft 10"
#170
MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Gordon Woods Surfboards, 208 Harbord Road Brookvale NSW
SHAPER: Unknown
DESIGN: Malibu
DESIGNER:
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, two glue-line stringers, Volan tint glassed with 2" rail overlap.Post production legrope tab.
DIMENSIONS
Length :
8
 feet
10
inches
Width : 
23 1/2
inches
Wide Point:
-ve 6
inches
Nose : 
18 1/4
inches
Tail :
17 3/4
inches
Thickness :
inches
Pod :
8 1/4
inches
Nose/L :
inches
Tail/L 
inches
Weight :
kilograms
Volume :
litres
Other :
FEATURES
Nose: round, thin
Tail:  square, thin
Deck: rolled with concave nose and shaped kneeling wells.
Bottom:  flat, slight round, soft round, flat. 
Rails: 50/50 
Rocker : medium
FIN
12" x 8" base @ 5 1/2'', 
Greenough 
DECOR
DECALS
Deck: Gordon Woods black/red script at centre.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck: 6905 -pencil at tail, - bottom?
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: Laminated orange tint 
Bottom: Clear,laminated orange tint rail overlap
NOTES
BOARD HISTORY: Photographs and dimensions DV8s Old Mal Rally, April 2001.
COMMENTS : A rare example of the use of resin tint.
REFERENCES:
Other Gordon Woods Boards 
1965 Stringerless #110
1967 Stringerless Wide tail  #301
1968 Tracker #305
CONDITION: 9
 


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