How old is my Penn Reel ??

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 Ok, here is another pre war Penn. The long beach 60. 1941 saw many changes in some of Penn models. The long beach 60&65 changed to plastic spools. The plastic spool continued thru 1947. Penn did offer a metal spool for the 60&65 during this time, but it was optional and extra cost. The pre war plastic spool 60&65 we're boxed with a label that designated L.S. on the label, which means "lightweight spool". The plastic spool has larger arbour than the metal spool, and has less line capacity, but the pre war L.S. models still stated the same 250yds for the 60 & 300yds for the 65. In 1946&47 the yardage was corrected to 200yds & 250yds for the 60&65, and the label no longer had the L.S. designation.



 So now that you're totally confused, I have here a 1942 Long Beach  60 in correct pre war box and it does have plastic spool, but no L.S. designation on the label, but the label also doesn't mention metal spool, so yes, this is a 1942 Long Beach 60 with correct box. This can all be very confusing, but small tidbits can solve most questions. The spool does have the pre war lip, and all parts are non numbered and era correct. The Long Beach60&65 came with non clamp seat, but from 1941-47 Penn offered a clamp seat option for the 60&65. It was a very expensive upgrade @ $2.50 on a $5.50 reel, so Penn used them up as standard equipment on the 1941 & 1942 L S. 60& & 65's as well. If you find a lb60 with a clamp seat, you have a tough reel to find, but they are out there. 1941/42 were the only years the lb 60 had a clamp seat as standard equipment(not an upgrade) according to the catalogs.



 Here is 1942 Long Beach 60 with no L.S. designation, but it is definitely pre war (250yds) and has correct spool, and also has the clamp seat that Penn put on almost every 1941/42 plastic spooled Long Beach 60.


 
.....more to come

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 This particular Long Beach 60 also has a very rare and unique semi translucent knob. Hard core Penn collectors will tell you these are about as common as a unicorn or a black polar bear. The brown spool is also uncommon, most were black

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 Now here is another pre war long beach 60 that would be 1938-40 time frame. The generic "Long Beach" logo gives no hint at the model#, but the bottom of the seat will have yardage capacity stamp. This one stamped 250YDS means it's a long beach 60. If it were a 65, the yardage stamp would read 300YDS
 





 This same reel will also have the tall skinny coin edge counterbalance on the handle blade. 1941 Penn redesigned the counterbalance to short and squatty and smooth side as shown on the reel pictured in the original post of the boxed long beach

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Here are a few from my collection. I'm on a low budget and most of these have been sold to collectors, and those funds go towards buying more reels.

 Far left is 1959 prototype long beach 60 box. Rest are all pre 1950. Note the slanted title on the labels. Far right is 1941/42 long beach 60 L.S. with correct box. The front right reel is 1942 long beach 66.