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the catalogue #111 
1968   Scott Dillon Pintail Vee-bottom 8ft 3" 
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MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Scott Dillon Surfboards, 39 Winbourne Road Brookvale    93 4303 
SHAPER:  "Stork "
DESIGN:  Pintail Vee 
DESIGNER: Midget Farrelly/Ted Spencer 
SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION: Stringerless blank with Volan glass. 
DIMENSIONS
Length:
8
 feet  3 inches
Width:
23 1/2
 inches
Wide Point:
 0 inches
Nose :
18 1/2
 inches
Tail:
 16 inches
Thickness:
3
 inches
Pod: 
 0 inches
Weight:
 kilos
Volume:
 litres
Nose/L:
 inches
Tail/L:
 inches
Other
FEATURES
Nose: round 
Tail:  full pin 
Deck:   rolled 
Bottom:  Two phase, round to deep vee 
Rails: 50/50 
Rocker:
FIN
 9" x 6 1/2" base, 
Finger fin,black.
Diamond fin patch. 
Not original and with legrope hole.
.
DECOR
DECALS
Deck
1.'Scott Dillon Surfboards', Paisley - 18" from tail, Image Left
2.'Stork Shaped' , Image below
MARKINGS
Deck: ' 952    8'2"   S'  pencil between decals Image below
COLOUR
Deck: Clear 
# 94 Scott Dillon paisley '67
NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Board found at Berry tip by Noel Walton, with non-original fin and extensive repairs in matting. 
 Extensive repairs in Volan removing most of the matting, except for large deck delamination and photographs by Geoff Cater, Oct 1996. 
Stewart Bartley collection, subsequently sold.
DESIGN HISTORY
Typical of the 1968 change in plan shape, post wide-tailed Vee bottom experiment, Hawaii 1967
.Although the fin is not original to the board, it appears to be taken from another board of the period-note stress marks. 
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CONDITION: 4, heavy staining, non original fin.
# 94 Scott Dillon/Stork shaped decal and markings
Markings - left

Shaper'sDecal - right
# 94 Scott Dillon/Stork shaped decal and markings

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