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Vintage Skateboard Restoration

This awesome piece of skate history came to me via some intense Ebay bidding. Once it arrived i knew it was perfect for my next vintage toy restoration piece. Based on the limited markings I can find on the wheels and the trucks, I believe we are looking at a 1969 Sears Sprotflite Mark 24 wooden skateboard, complete with Chicago 76P clay wheels. This Vintage Skateboard Restoration was pretty straightforward, although the initial teardown yielded a lot more individual parts than I would have imagined for a skateboard. Total time spent on restoration: 3-4 hours The biggest mystery about this piece was the name "Ken" scratched on to the top of the deck. To me it just makes a restoration that much more memorable when you sit back and realize that rather than just a worn out item that needs to be fixed, it actually used to belong to someone who enjoyed it and thought enough about it to put his name on it. We'll never know who Ken is, but if this is a 1969 model skateboard, Ken could very well be in his 60's by now. I hope his skateboard brought his as much joy as it did for me!

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  • Originally Aired June 7, 2019
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Created December 1, 2019 by
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