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the catalogue #182

1965 Ron Export Quality Malibu #4998 9 ft 7"

#182

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

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank, 3/8" redwood stringer and triple laminate tailblock. Fibreglassed, pigment decor.
Two post production leg rope plugs.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	9	ft	7	inches
*Width:*	21	inches		*Wide Point:*	+ 0	inches
*Nose :*	15	inches		*Tail:*	13 3/4	inches
*Thickness:*	3 1/2	inches		*Pod:*	5	inches
*Nose Lift:*		inches		*Tail Lift:*		inches
*Weight*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Tailblock:*	1 1/2	inches

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

FIN
9 inch x 11 inch (base) @ 2 inches
Pigmented fibreglass.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
Stamped board number, 4998
Custom Built
Ron Surfboards Pty Ltd.
Another Crane Company
702 Canterbury Road Belmore NSW Phone : 75 1989
Export Quality
Black script/text In orange vertical diamond with outline.
Rear.
Note clear box at bottom, possibly for additional decal?
See early version, below.
Bottom: none
MARKINGS
Deck: 4998 - 9'6 pencil on stringer at tail
Bottom: none
COLOUR
Deck: clear with aqua left hand rail panel and thin stripe
Bottom: clear

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Purchased from a Sydney wharehouse, Hoffnungs (in Clarence or Kent Street) by a friend of Mr Anderson for his two sons and their friend in 1966.
Mr Anderson's friend had a barber's shop in Belmore, who dealt with Hoffnungs.
The barber ordered the boards (chosen unseen, by colours!) and they were picked up from Belmore.
One of a lot of three boards, they came in shipping cartons identifying Ron Surfboards, Export Quality and Product of Australia and cost $99.00.
The second board was a similar design, 9ft 6'' with an all orange pigment gel coat.
The third board was also 9ft 6'', but a gun template, colour unknown.
This board severely delaminated after minimal use, was returned to the supplier and replaced with a 9ft clear board with red deck panels and a standard malibu shape similar to boards 1 and 2.
Boards were shipped by Ron Surfboards in the mid-1960's to the USA.
These boards were probably forwarded to a wholesaler as excess stock when the company stopped board production circa 1965..
These designs were not current in 1966.
Two post production leg rope plugs fitted by Scott Anderson, circa 1980..
Photographs and dimensions, January 2004.
Thanks to Scott Anderson.
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
COMMENTARY

REFERENCES:
Other Ron Surfboards
CONDITION: 7, extensive staining to bottom.

Bottom
OTHER RON SURFBOARDS

#121 Ron narrow nose template, circa 1964.

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

Scott Anderson and Ron #4998

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