This will go for just over $1k I think...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Bob-McTavish-Lightning-Bolt-Single-Fin-Surfboard-/280902674283?pt=AU_Sport_Surfing&hash=item41671aa76b#ht_500wt_1024

Mac's Christmas present?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Aussie-McTAVISH-XL-HAWAIIAN-SHIRT-Surf-VINTAGE-COLLECTABLE-Mambo-/180814177375?pt=Men_s_Clothing&hash=item2a195d645f#ht_747wt_776

Honestly 1k for a dinged up nearly 40yold board pfffftt

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weiry said...

Honestly 1k for a dinged up nearly 40yold board pfffftt

Agree, I don't really see the value either... It's just what they go for...
I think it is already around $600. I would put that money towards custom for myself!... My collection is pretty full though... I keep forgetting to sell stuff.

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62mac said...

Simondo said...


This will go for just over $1k I think...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Bob-McTavish-Lightning-Bolt-Single-Fin-Surfboard-/280902674283?pt=AU_Sport_Surfing&hash=item41671aa76b#ht_500wt_1024

Mate it dose not look like Bobs hand writing to me.

Yeah, look suspect. Although it says Bob has confirmed it... But who really knows... Bob would.

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Simondo said...

weiry said...

Honestly 1k for a dinged up nearly 40yold board pfffftt

Agree, I don't really see the value either... It's just what they go for...
I think it is already around $600. I would put that money towards custom for myself!... My collection is pretty full though... I keep forgetting to sell stuff.

Hey good luck to him i recon, i'm with you simondo brand spanking new custom for that type of cash

So what would the collectors custom from Bob,which model

The Fantastic Plastic or

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62mac said...

So what would the collectors custom from Bob,which model

The Fantastic Plastic or

No question, I would go for a 9'6 Redline, pointy nose (pointier than stock). 1/2" red stringer, with finer side stringers, glass on fin... Tagged as a Rincon '68. Undecided on tints... Probably quite plain.... maybe a very weak milky tint, to retain whiteness. Blue fin. Probably a blue cotton inlay and blue tint band like this Neo... *

http://www.mctavish.com.au/surfboard/the-neo *


(* you know I like a little bit of Blue! )

one of bobs went for over 3,500 the other week. did look like is was fairly decent condition

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Simondo said...

62mac said...

So what would the collectors custom from Bob,which model

The Fantastic Plastic or

No question, I would go for a 9'6 Redline, pointy nose (pointier than stock). 1/2" red stringer, with finer side stringers, glass on fin... Tagged as a Rincon '68. Undecided on tints... Probably quite plain.... maybe a very weak milky tint, to retain whiteness. Blue fin. Probably a blue cotton inlay and blue tint band like this Neo... *

http://www.mctavish.com.au/surfboard/the-neo *


(* you know I like a little bit of Blue! )

You do like blue don't you,I was thinking one of his classic's one that changed boards,the redline is a great board but I would go for something with some history.

Mac I Am pretty green in the McTavish history field but I would be thinking McTavish short boards - Tracker , McTavish performance long boards - Original

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Tassiedevel said...

Mac I Am pretty green in the McTavish history field but I would be thinking McTavish short boards - Tracker , McTavish performance long boards - Original

That's ok Tassie,for me it would be the Plastic or the Bluebird.I'm going to pop the question tomorrow with Bob and who knows I mite order one.

You wouldn't happen to have a picture of those would you Mac

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Tassiedevel said...

You wouldn't happen to have a picture of those would you Mac

The Tracker
http://www.mctavish.com.au/surfboards-buy/unique-shapes/tracker-18228

The Plastic Machine

www.mctavish.com.au/surfboards-buy/unique-shapes/keyo-mctavish-plastic-machine

If you read the text on the Keyo, you will read "Johnny Gill". Johnny is Danny Keyo's son in law.

keyo-int.tumblr.com/#_=_

And this is my Keyo keeper, custom from Johnny.


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* I like blue!

Could be a good one for the Maldives actually.

Kings Cross in the 60's with some Keyo tints.




Far right of frame, "smokers accessories"!

Great classic photo mate

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Simondo said...

Kings Cross in the 60's with some Keyo tints.




Far right of frame, "smokers accessories"!

SWweet - check the olde Val eh

Is that a Morris or a Merc in front

Oh yeah, I stole the pic from here!
Plenty of pages to troll/scroll through too!
keyo-int.tumblr.com/#_=_

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62mac said...

Is that a Morris or a Merc in front

$2 on Morris. Not sure though. Need Doggie's keen eye in the morning.

(Just sent Doggie a PM link, so he'll be all over it in the morning.)

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Is that a Morris or a Merc in front

dunno - looks like a hillman too , see the white mustang in front of the boards sweeeet

second look Merc 10 bucks

The 2 boards on the right would have been fun at Bells in the day! Round pins...

Try and imagine 4 of us on those 4 boards at overhead Bells, nobody else out, Summer, 1969.

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Simondo said...

The 2 boards on the right would have been fun at Bells in the day! Round pins...

Try and imagine 4 of us on those 4 boards at overhead Bells, nobody else out, Summer, 1969.

sideburns , hair down to ya arse , Lennon style sunnies , chicks with armpit hair and unshaven legs Reefers as big as Cuban cigars "my baby does the hanky panky" blaring out the cheap radio cassette .... yeah cool baby like wow

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BulldogPup said...

Simondo said...

The 2 boards on the right would have been fun at Bells in the day! Round pins...

Try and imagine 4 of us on those 4 boards at overhead Bells, nobody else out, Summer, 1969.

sideburns , hair down to ya arse , Lennon style sunnies , chicks with armpit hair and unshaven legs Reefers as big as Cuban cigars "my baby does the hanky panky" blaring out the cheap radio cassette .... yeah cool baby like wow

and that's how I roll

and here it is ... my baby does the hanky panky

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Simondo said...

The 2 boards on the right would have been fun at Bells in the day! Round pins...

Try and imagine 4 of us on those 4 boards at overhead Bells, nobody else out, Summer, 1969.

sideburns , hair down to ya arse , Lennon style sunnies , chicks with armpit hair and unshaven legs Reefers as big as Cuban cigars "my baby does the hanky panky" blaring out the cheap radio cassette .... yeah cool baby like wow

In the Summer of '92, I was walking in the Blue Mountains just before the bush fires hit. Got back to the safety of Katoomba just in time actually. Hung out at the camp grounds with a few crew including 2 German chicks who liked a little bit of hair. I exchanged phone numbers with the cuter petite hot one, and hooked up with me in Vicco about 6 weeks later. I showed he around the Great Ocean Road, Torquay, 12 apostles, Breamlea, etc... 13 hour days and 11 hours nights... We were only 19, and could go all night! Armpit hair on a nice chick doesn't bother me! That was my Summer of '69, au' naturale !

doesn't bother me either Simo , you can tell the colour of their diddleydum dums easier as an added bonus ah wild unfettered youth

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62mac said...

Is that a Morris or a Merc in front

Morris