Searching for Dacor '78 era gear

[MrGRD]

I am searching for some older Dacor basic equipment. In particular I am searching for mid to late 70’s era masks, full foot fins and snorkels. Trying to find the stuff I purchased when I first started diving, I guess getting a little nostalgic. I was really excited when they started to put double seals in masks and nose forms rather than the little finger pockets. Any sources you might know of would be great.

 

[Texfrazer]

Ebay gets the type of items you are looking for from time to time. Since you're looking for Dacor stuff, they don't tend to cost you an arm and a leg like some other brands.

Snorkels are pretty routinely seen. I don't know about masks and full foot fins, but I'm sure they're there.

 

[David Wilson]

When Mares took over Dacor, they seem to have inherited large stocks of Dacor Corda full-foot fins:

I've just conducted another online search and conclude that these stocks must now be severely depleted. Scuba.com only seems to have these fins in size 1-2 now:

Mares Corda Full Foot Dive Fins 496007 with reviews at scuba.com

DiveBooty.com may stock Cordas, but the relevant part of their website seems to be down at the moment:

http://www.divebooty.com/item/30/dacor-corda_full_foot_fin.html

A pair of vintage blue Cordas, new-old stock, is advertised here:

Dacor : Sports Linkup Shop : Dacor


Here's a close-up of a vintage pair of Cordas from the Skin Diving History site:

And here's a link to a ScubaBoard thread posted by somebody wanting Cordas for a snorkelling tour business:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/fins-masks-snorkels/211284-please-help-looking-some-older-fins.html

Cordas are great, classic, full-foot fins and it's a shame that they now appear to be going the same way as Technisub Alas, the favourite fins of underwater hockey enthusiasts.

 

[MrGRD]

Thanks for the info - those are the fins I was looking for, I will look at it more in the morning - thanks for the help!