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SOUTH COAST SURF CHASERS - MALABU MANIACS - THE SURF SEEKERS
The Original Surf Chaser Cars with their famous racks
Around 1958 the malibu style surfboards were starting to appear along the coast south of Adelaide. At this time there were only a few people surfing. Jim Miller who was a member of Chiton Rocks S.L.S.C. and along with Pete Smith and a few others purchased a 1934 Ford V8 and had “The South Coast Surf Chasers'“ sign written along the sides of the car. Jim welded up some special surf Racks for the car, and some of the other crew surfing at the time did likewise with the Surf Seekers Car and the Malabu Maniacs car. These 3 cars cruised the South Coast west of Victor Harbor for around 4 years up until 1963 when they all ended up at the local rubbish dump.
1934 4 door V8 Ford sedan
These Cars did not travel far from the south coast around the Victor Harbor area. They were predominately Surfing Middleton Day Street area. Jim Miller and friends kept the cars garaged down south and commuted between Adelaide and Victor Harbor in the own Vehicles
Surf Seekers Car Middleton Point
1937 Pontiac Sloper. The body designed and assembled at Holdens.
By 1962-63 these original Surf chasers were getting rusted out and had engine troubles. They were retired for a time out front of the Day street surf club west of Middleton and eventually towed to the Victor Harbour dump.
1936 4 door Chevrolet
The Famous 3 original Surf Chaser Cars
These first Surf Chaser cars inspired a lot of other surfers to put racks and writing on their cars and they would be seen at Yorkes Peninsula and the far west coast of South Australia during the early 1960s and even taking trips to the east coast
The three cars out front of the day street surf Shack circa 1963