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the catalogue #121

1963 Ron Malibu 9 ft 7"

#121

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: Ron Surfboards 702 Canterbury Road Belmore NSW Phone : 75 1989
SHAPER: Unknown
DESIGN: (Sausage) Malibu
DESIGNER:

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, 1/2" redwood stringer and tailblock. Fibreglassed, pigment decor.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	9	ft	7	inches
*Width:*	21	inches		*Wide Point:*	+ 0	inches
*Nose :*	14	inches		*Tail:*	12 1/2	inches
*Thickness:*	3 1/2	inches		*Pod:*	3 1/2	inches
*Nose Lift:*		inches		*Tail Lift:*		inches
*Weight*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Tailblock:*	1/2	inches

FEATURES
Nose: Narrow round with tip
Tail: Square
Deck: Flat
Bottom: Flat
Rails: Round 50 - 50
Rocker: Slight, more in tail

FIN
9 inch x 9 inch (base) @ 2 inches
Red pigmented fibreglass.
Leading edge damage

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
Ron Surfboards Pty Ltd.
Another Crane Subsiduary
702 Canterbury Road
Belmore NSW Australia
75 1989
Export Quality
Black script/text with black Noseride graphic at tail.
See early version, below.
Bottom: none
MARKINGS
Deck:
Bottom: none
COLOUR
Deck: pigmented lime green rail panels and multi-thin stripes.
Bottom: pigmented aqua rail panels and with offset clear multi-thin stripes.

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Dimensions and photographs January 20, 1996 at
The Longboard Warehouse
39 The Kingsway, Cronulla. 9523-8331
Board subsequently restored by Jackson Surfboards and displayed at
Gowings Pty. Ltd. George Street Sydney NSW
DESIGN HISTORY
MANUFACTURER'S HISTORY
1962 - 1965: (see Crane Industries)

Advertisment for Ron Surfboards, in a Surfing World - Surfabout magazine advertisment, circa 1963 -
RON SURFBOARDS
878 Canterbury Road Lakemba Phone : UL - 4536
Proprietor : Ron. Hampton
Queensland Agent : Donald C. Jefferies 48 Petri Terrace, Brisbane
Victorian Agent : J.P. O'Day 153 Nepean Highway, Melbourne.

Geoff McCoy finish coating, progressing to shaping (1962?).
William Morton finish coating
These two would form M and M Surfboards in 1967.
William Morton continued manufacturing as WM Surfboards.
Geoff McCoy left the company circa 1967 to shape at Bennett Surfboards.
Shaping at Keyo Surfboards followed, circa 1968.
He formed his own company, McCoy Surfboards, 11 August 1970 at Brookvale NSW.
Thanks to Geoff McCoy
COMMENTS
The use of different colours on the deck and bottom is unusual for this period.
REFERENCES:
Other Ron Surfboards
CONDITION: 7, extensive staining to bottom.

Bottom
OTHER RON SURFBOARDS

#182 Ron Export Quality, circa 1965.

#52 Ron Gun-narrow tail template, circa 1965.

Ron #565
RON
SURFBOARDS Pty Ltd.
ANOTHER CRANE SUBSIDUARY
702 Canterbury Road
Belmore NSW
75 1989