famous player woods rackets

[Hannah19]

Originally Posted by jimbo333

There are many different versions of the Dunlop Maxply Fort made over the 50 odd years they were made, but yes they are all similar.

I have quite a collection of about 80 different ones (some variations quite small), but then I reckon about 300-500 variations were made worldwide

Actually there are Vinnie Richards, Rod Laver and 2 Lew Hoad photo signature versions, as well as Okker, Pohmann and Gunthardt signature versions amazingly!

The Heinz Gunthardt was actually a Maxply Tournament model.
Chocolate brown with gold striping and red Maxply logo...one of the best looking Maxply's ever.

[joe sch]

Originally Posted by jimbo333

I've never seen that, do you have a photo please Joe?

I dont have a good picture but its the dunlop woody that looks just like the fort with Mac head shot photo where he is wearing a white headband. See this *link*:

http://woodtennis.com/dunlop/dunlop_mac_photo_wood.tiff

[gavna]

Originally Posted by joe sch

I dont have a good picture but its the dunlop woody that looks just like the fort with Mac head shot photo where he is wearing a white headband. See this *link*:

http://woodtennis.com/dunlop/dunlop_mac_photo_wood.tiff

That was a Jr Fort - had JMacs name and pic.....for the 1 1/2 yrs he used the fort before the Maxply McEnroe was released he was using the std Fort - there was even an ad campaign based on the fact JMac was going back to his "roots" and using the original stick he started out with.

Just look at any pic from 81 - 82 and you will see he std fort with just some lead tape at the 3 and 9 positions.

[gavna]

Originally Posted by Hannah19

The Heinz Gunthardt was actually a Maxply Tournament model.
Chocolate brown with gold striping and red Maxply logo...one of the best looking Maxply's ever.

Makes sense - from the early 70s (maybe late 60s) the Fort was the Fort......even Lavers Forts were just plain old Forts. I know they did Junior models with players and that's how they would work out the endorsement deals.

[joe sch]

Originally Posted by gavna

Makes sense - from the early 70s (maybe late 60s) the Fort was the Fort......even Lavers Forts were just plain old Forts. I know they did Junior models with players and that's how they would work out the endorsement deals.

It is interesting that the latest photo decal models were for juniors. The maxply tournament had graphite lamination for a little extra stiffness/power

[Tenwoodrack]

Cool old racquets.

[jimbo333]

Originally Posted by joe sch

I dont have a good picture but its the dunlop woody that looks just like the fort with Mac head shot photo where he is wearing a white headband. See this *link*:

http://woodtennis.com/dunlop/dunlop_mac_photo_wood.tiff

Thanks Joe, I can see it is a junior version which makes sense.

[jimbo333]

Originally Posted by jimbo333

Was it Hans Pohmann who had a signature bi-hander Maxply Fort? I think that was his name!

Originally Posted by Hannah19

Yep, that's the one but it was on a regular sized Maxply Fort.

Regular sized racket but with the bi-hander(longer) grip!

There were 3 retail versions of the Maxply Fort Bi-hander. The Pohmann and 2 others. I will start a thread with some photos of them next month.