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Bennet Hijacker Truks

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This advertisement won the award for the highest usage of the trademark sign (™) in 1975. There’s over 20 in this ad. Space out your wheels and moonlight on the Square Beam Truk with Red Rubbers and Golden Nuts. And remember, they’re “truks,” not trucks.

Closeup of the trucks in question. Get your square beams on.

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Bennet Hijacker Truks

Patent Pending

“The Square Beam Truk with Red Rubbers and Golden Nuts”

Flex Hanger
Red Rubbers
Square Beam Axle Housing
Recessed King Pin
Turbine Wheels
Trac II Axles
Hijacker Drop Axle
Golden Nuts

NEW!

TRAC II AXLE™
Exclusive Wide Trak™ gets your wheels spaced out. More leverage = easier turns! More control!

TURBINE WHEELS
Ultra precision aerospace bearings with double seals. Lifetime lubrication for long wear. Super silent for moonlighting while the neighbors sleep. Optional at extra cost. Write for details.

RECESSED KING PIN
Engineered for the flexie boards. Only Bennett has this big feature. No way you’ll ever drag this bolt!

FLEX HANGER™
Guaranteed unbreakable. Engineered to flex with the wildest of boards. Hole pattern fits Chicago plus 3 extra holes for your addod convenience.

FLASH . (Now stuff)
Available soon: Bennett Subergun II™ with Vari-Flex™ T-Bar Suspension™ Overload Stringers™, wheels; Smokers™, 2×2 Silcks™. Super Sllcks™, Groovies™, Tyres™, Gangster Whites™, Mags™, Grabbers™ Pros: Write for specs on custom built Superguns™ wlth the new Bennett Precision™ Truckless Running Gear.

BIG RED BUBBERS™
The heart muscles of the pivotal system. No downers here! These Tijuana Reds™ are made exclusively for Bennett. A special blend of pure gum, surgical, silicone, and space age resilients engineered to do the job. Giant Top Shok™ provides cushioning and unequal loading for improved geometry and quick, smooth, tight turns. Increased stability reduces high speed wobble. Available separately. Will improve the performance of other trucks. Screw ‘em down tight – they’ll amaze you.

SOUARE BEAM AXLE HOUSING
Strength where you need it. Heavy Wide Beem™ construction keeps axles and wheels down and out — whero they belong. Housing is repositioned forward of the effective pivotal axis for increased leverage and maneuverability, Try it. You’ll like it!

HIJAOKER DROP AXLE™
Here’s the scoop. Droppod down and out, the extra wheel-to-board clearance is an integral part of the improved geometry of the Superaction™ truk. Eliminates riser pads which do nothing but raise the center of gravity. (Who noods that ?)

GOLDEN NUTS
Vibration proof, aircraft type locknuts eliminate “D” washers and provide easier fine adjustments.

SUDDEN SERVICE
Price list and specifications $l.OO ea.
Refunded on first purchase.
Hijacker Truk & Flex. 6.00 ea.
Hanger Complete
Red Rubbers (set of 4) 2.00 set
fits Suregrip, Metaflex, Xcaliber
Bennett Supergun $34.95 ea.
extruded flex board with Hijacker,
truks and Super Slicks™ Spec 24 or 27”
2×2 Super Slicks 7.00 pr.
clear soft “uries”

Money Order or Cashier’s Check Only

Add 10% Postage & Handling

MR. BENNETT, P.O.Box 1415
Newport Beach, Ca. 92660
Calif. residents add 6% tax.

Skateboarder V2 N1 Summer 1975

The return of Skateboarder after being dormant from the 60's! The cover even has a 60's vibe to it. That's Greg Weaver in a pool. 80 pages long and no mention of where they had been for 10 years. If you look at some online uploads of V1#4, they say 1975, but the masthead itself says 1965. There is an editorial on page 17 talking about the comeback of skateboarding, with a photo and all credit going to Frank Nasworthy and urethane wheels. There's an article and photos on dowhill, a 2 page debate about stif vs flexible boards, a "Going Vertical" photo feature with most riders a yard below the coping, a random assortment of freestyle photos, contest roundups, longboards, "photos from readers' (how did they get photos and mail from readers when they hadn't published an issue in 10 years? A: probably sent to parent publication Surfer and diverted to Skateboarder. ) and Who's Hot features with Bon Neishi, Torger Johnson, Chris Yandell, Bruce Logan, Tom Sims, Bruce's Walker, Glen Woodruff, and Greg Weaver.

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