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the catalogue #313

1964 Wallace Knee Board 5 ft 3" #422

#313

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER:Wallace Surfboards 8 Winborne Road Brookvale Sydney
SHAPER: Unkown
DESIGN: Bellyboard/Kneeboard.
DESIGNER:

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Foam blank with 3/4'' balsa and two 1/8'' redwood T-band stringer,
Volan glassed with 2'' rail lap and maroon resin offset band.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	5	ft	3 1/4	inch
*Width:*	21	inches		*Wide Point:*	-ve 5	inches
*Nose :*	17 1/2	inches		*Tail:*	18	inches
*Thickness:*	3	inches		*Pod:*	7 1/2	inches
*Nose Lift:*		inches		*Tail Lift:*		inches
*Weight*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Other, Flyer/s:*		inches

FEATURES:
Nose: rounded with tip
Tail: square
Deck: slight roll
Bottom: flat
Rails: 50/50
Rocker: noticable nose lift and some tail rocker.

FINS
Dorsal fin,
7 1/2" x 9" base x 11 1/2'' span @ 3 1/2''.
Yellow coloured pigment in fibreglass mat.
Slight foiling to rear edge.
Heay rovings and fin patches.
Post production eg rope hole.
The fin has been significantly reshaped in template (to remove damaged areas) and foil.

DECOR
DECALS
Deck
Bill Wallace. Brookvale. NSW Sydney. Australia
Tel 93-1472.
Black and yellow double arrow at rear sweet spot. - Below.
Bottom:
MARKINGS
Deck: 422 - pencil on balsa stringer, tail. - Left.
Bottom:
COLOUR:
Deck: Clear with 2'' Volan rail lap and Maroon resin offset band.
Bottom: Clear with 2'' Volan rail lap

NOTES
BOARD HISTORY
Board from Woody's Collection, with thanks.
Found at Nowra tip, 2004.
Dimensions and photographs 5 th January 2005
COMMENTS
Basic design suggests an early model, almost a foam copy of a Paipo.
Riding position probably on knees - note the narrow pod.
REFERENCES
Wallace Surfboards
Paipos* calalogue
CONDITION: 6, staining, minor dings.