Recently came into what I think is an early 70’s California Gun.Board is 8’4’,with a wave set fin.Trying to find some history on the shaper and origin,the only logo/lam is on the deck saying “southen california surfboards”.If anyone could help it would be appreciated,I will try to post photos if that may help.
Thanks to all
MIke
not that I’m a cali guy , but is / are there any initials or a number on the stringer …maybe near the tail ?
ben
Ben,Thanks for getting back to me.Yes the board does have #'s 25859. 2.D 8.6,Again the logo reads SCS above the southern california surfboard lam.I will attempt to post photos later today.Happy Holiday!!
Mike
well it has a Serial #,
and initials ,
so presumably it was a professional who paid his govt. taxes.
So it may be traceable vs. a transient backyard shaper who may not have bothered
with a serial no, and wasnt doing it long enough to bother with Uncle Sam. (US taxes).
I never could understand the serial numbering system I saw on surfboards.
Never had a year designation, and some numbers were so high, I knew
that a certain shaper hadnt done that many boards and I’d occasionally
compare serial no’s in adjacent years and it just didnt make sense.
Whats the story on Serial No’s and their use???
Being a former statistician, during WWII , the Americans(Uncle Sam) were able to guess
accurately at Russian and German Tank strength just by looking at serial numbers
on captured tanks…they were sequential 1,2,3…100,101,…whatever.
Using engine #'s, certain part#'s, etc, a random sampling of captured and destroyed tanks, through statistics, revealed their production numbers.
Of course, every Army and Defense contractor in the world is aware of this now!
…Something to think about.