The good old, bad old, days

[Old Man Dave]

Been sorting some of my old pictures in connection to another thread.

Thought this was worth posting. Details of gear are:

Home made, quater inch, unlined neoprene wetsuit, glued and rubber taped; 60 cubic foot 1800psi steel spiro tank with mechanical reserve valve and extension lever; clip on shoulder straps and jock strap to special weight belt buckle; Royal minstral, twin hose, 2 stage, diaphram regulator; SOS mechanical decompression meter (Bendy meter); Mask of unknown origin but note frame clamp.

Unseen fins were one of the original pairs of Beuchat Jet fins.

Ahh! Memories.

Dave

(Found a date 1970)

 

[Bill]

Thanks Dave
You have one up on me. I bought a few of those suits but never built one. Except for the Beuchat label (didn't see that until 90s), the rest seems vaguely familiar.
Aloha
Bill

 

[cdavis]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the memories. Some of that stuff was still around when I started diving, used my SOS meter proudly for years . We called'em "bendsomatics" and well named.

Connor