Looking for information and advice on buying a 60’s 11ft Jacobs. I have been looking for a log to add to my quiver but it has some repairs and that worries me. He is selling it for $1000 is that a fair price for its condition? Thank you in advance for any help!
Way too much in my opinion, and those pigment panel cover ups would worry me.
Sorry I am a new surfer, what do you mean by pigment panel cover-ups? Thank you for the help phebus!
hansgood,
Bad news.
Blasting in @ 8/24/2015
Will alert, most you are more than likely to be a “collector”.
And AS such you will be perceived to be only interested in a cash value.
Sorry if this rubs you wrong!
I (and or we) ride the boards in own collections.
Myself? I limit myself to significant boards that changed surfing and have ridden all sans one.
Nuff!
The good news.
I’ll give you my stinking 2 cents
#1 that is a vintage Jacobs
#2 Mr. Hap only started the “Hap” recently to separate his hand crafted art from the OLD.
#3 the blue Jacobs back ground in a red flag to me.
#4 Signatures on board, whom???
#5 A rare reverse T band with some big balsa.
#6 the white panels could be original
(Except why cover the stringer on the deck)
I am guessing maybe a “Team board”
#7 Boards are worth what people will pay!
IMHO 1K 2 much!
Eh SammyA can you shed some light on this for me bradda (what the door mouse said)!
At the very least, this is an understatement. Look for a different ‘‘log’’, or offer in the $400/$500 dollar range.
Sorry Mattwho, I’ve been surfing for the last 3 years in the Great Lakes. I am not a collector by any means but we aren’t exactly in the heart of a large surfing community. I have a few boards and surf every chance I get. Thanks for the help though!
Better.
Pray, sammyA chimes in!
Eh 11-0 should float in fresh water quite well…
That is a very big board - maybe used for tandem surfing originally. Unless you weigh 275 lbs., love old surfboards and have money to throw around, I wouldn’t buy it.
Thanks everyone for the help. I am 6’3 260 so big boards are nice, I have a 10’2 NSP thats seen better days, a 9’6 that is a little small for me (I would sell it if I bought an 11 footer) and a 7’6 Michel Junod big five diamond for those rare big days on the lakes.
White panels are original, cant tell the purple with out a closer look…whole board seems original. It will clean up very nicely. 1K is a bit too much, and it will not be much fun to ride at 11ft 1960 POS. It will go straight fast, but thats about it.
If you are looking for a new board that will surf well, and willing to pay 1K…why not something new? Now if you can get the Jacobs for a better price, it will hold its value…if you don’t wrap it around a Waleye, or a Northern…Lay off the cheeze curds and you can surf a smaller log and maybe get some turns in.
FYI
POS = piece of shi$
FYI
POS = piece of shi$
I’m not sure that board is from The 1960’s Looks more like a reproduction of an older style board made in the 1990’s. Weight would be a big indicator of age. A Board that long from the early 60s would be very heavy. Newer board would be a lot less weight. might be some sort of a comparative Board with all those signatures on the deck. f
Looks original to me what is written on it? BIG beast go straight no rocker 11’er look out here he comes…
No way those panels are O-riginal. In today’s market on the West Coast the board would be worth $600-$800. Maybe $1000 to someone who wouldn’t know any better. The most interesting things about that board are; 1- it’s length. 2. The fin. 3. The placement of the lam/logos. Hap Jacobs did switch to the the “Hap” logo to differentiate between the old boards and the new ones when he started up again in the '90s. He was prevented from using it by copyright. Only really exceptional boards in today’s market fetch more than $1000. Lowel
Sorry . I meant to say “did not switch”. It had nothing to do with the old vs. new. There was probably a 20 year gap in production. In that time Hap ran the fuel dock at King Harbor and didn’t even own a planer. Someone els copyrighted the name and logo in the 80’s -90’s . So Hap couldn’t use. That someone else went on to win a “shap-off” at the Board Show. Lowel
I meant the board looks “original” the panels probably added later after nose repair? Was not unusual to buy a board than have resin panels added later. My used blue striped “G&S” I bought had the panels added later in what became Tug’s Tavern kitchen in PB…IF the signatures are of “famous” people it might be wort a little more but then I would not ride it. People pay crazy things for names…
Maybe?
It is no doubt a tandem board. Would be suitable for someone Chubby Mitchell’s size (or larger). Say, 300-350 lbs.
It looks 100% original to me. The blue Jacobs lam is very unusual. $1000 is too much money, IMO.
You can see in the nose repair where the pigment color was made to match. So the original panels are in my opinion original. If it’s a fake it sure is a good one
Board looks pretty original to me, maybe what I’d call “period original” meaning (like Ace said) that some of the panel work might have been added early in its life. Hard call without having the board in front of me. The masking around the fin, while not unusual for the fin, isn’t as cleanly done as on the couple of old paneled Jacobs I’ve had.
Looks like a fun take it for an occasional spin kind of board. But a beast.
For a grand, you should be able to find a cleaner board for a vintage rider. Especially if you aren’t hooked on a Jacobs. Vintage prices are all over the place at present, and vary a lot by location. It’s worth whatever you’re willing to pay for it.