Was surfing the Book of Face and came across this Argus No. 575 Reel.
Notified the seller I would take it and 40 minutes later I was holding it. Seller took very accurate photos of everything but the missing seat...
Seeing how I've never heard of the Argus Reel Company I didn't let on that I really wanted it and negotiated the purchase price down to $20.00. So I'm happy again.
Overall the reel was FLITHY! It turns, the drag works, clicker is good, excentric is a bit sticky, and there is zero free spool. Nothing a good cleaning won't take care of.
Juding by the seat mount the seat was riveted to the mount and appears to be one piece (albeit two riveted sections?
).
Does anyone have a seat they are willing to sell me or maybe a parts reel? I went to Flea-Bay and with the exception of another model of baitcaster the only Argus reels they currently have are fly reels.
If anyone has a manual link I'd sure appreciate one, Google let me down.
Thanks,
Steve
