So I made this surfboard rear bike rack and it came out pretty good. So I thought to myself, hmmm, wonder how one would look a little bigger, with some different striping and maybe a carving in the middle....

I found this image on the net and really dug it:




I grew up in the '60s with the whole hot rod, surfing culture in full bloom. Never did learn to surf, but sure identified with the scene. I had all the car models, Rat Fink shirts and other stuff that was cool at the time. The Iron/Surfer's Cross was all over the place at the time. Shirts, pendants, patches, stickers, you name it.

I happened to have snagged 2 vintage crosses off ebay a while back which to me, are the best looking of the '60s Crosses. I later found these exact pendants advertised in a 1970 Auto World car model catalog shown in this pic next to the actual cross:




So the Iron Cross and the surfboard seem to be a natural fit.