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From the 30's
They made at least 2 verions of these, the 932  and a Wider version 939
 

Quite an interesting lil Reel made in the 30's .



Here it is Before and showing the Starless Drag some what



Cleaned up a bit  showing NEW Carbon Tex Drags
The A/R Dog is a Weak Point on this and the 939 . It does NOT HOLD WELL AT ALL



Side plates and Guts cleaned and assembled






The Spool turned out better than expected




Notice the Infamous FLYING DOG SPRING also used in later PENN REELS

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Henry, thanks for all the great insights on this.  Are you able to share any insights you might have on the approximate years that this transition from Great to Inferior occurred? 

Thanks!!  Great post, appreciate it.

It is difficult to say but when they started making changes and putting New & Improved  in their ads that  meant NEW Maybe but CHEAPER COMPONENT QUALITY .
So in the 60's I think they were Gasping For Air in the OCEAN of REEL MANUFACTURING
  It is clear to me now that PENN made better Quality and Cheaper priced Reels thus contributing to the Demise of old OCEAN CITY Company  plus OCEAN CITY buying out so many other reel companies in the past along with MONTAGUE it just was too much .
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Henry, thanks for all the great insights on this.  Are you able to share any insights you might have on the approximate years that this transition from Great to Inferior occurred? 

Thanks!!  Great post, appreciate it.
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For Sale or Trade / Garcia Ambassadeur 5500 C 1989 Model
« Last post by Wompus Cat on November 22, 2023, 07:09:39 AM »
Completely Refurbished Ambassadeur 5500 C
This was stripped down to the Gunnels and  ALL Parts  Cleaned, Polished, Lubed and Greased to better than New Condition.
All Corrosion removed ,NEW CARBON TEX DRAGS , Replaced  outer  Spool Bearing . Has New 12 pound Test Mono.
This thing is Smooth as it can be and has a much Higher Drag Rating Now  than factory with the NEW CARBON TEX ones installed .
The Serial Number 89-0  90-91 on Foot according to info makes this Manufactured over 30 years ago !
It has some boat rash but for over 30 years not that bad ........
 

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For Sale or Trade / Tiburon CUSTOM Penn 114 6/0 NEW
« Last post by Wompus Cat on November 20, 2023, 08:36:09 AM »
This CUSTOM  BUILT PENN  REEL  was built using a NEW OLD STOCK PENN 114 H REEL I bought quite a while back .
Has all Hand Polished  Internals from Donor Reel  plus NEW  CARBON TEX Drag Kit from SMOOTH  DRAG ,Stock Side Plates ,New TIBURON  also old Stock ONE  Piece Aluminum Frame with the HEAVY REEL SEAT, TOP HARNESS LUGS , HEAVY ROD CLAMP,   Aluminum Spool ,Pro Challenger Power Handle ,and is Spooled with NEW SILVER THREAD BRAND Co-Polymer 60 lb. Line .       
                    ( NEVER FISHED )

 All Buyers will get a 2 Year FREE SERVICE Consisting of a Complete Disassembly ,Clean and Lube,and any Drags /Bearing Replacement needed will be included but buyer will pay for any additional parts or upgrades .  Buyer pays shipping to me and I pay return Shipping to you .
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Donor Reel Start of Build
























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PENN REELS / PENN JIGMASTER
« Last post by Wompus Cat on November 18, 2023, 09:42:39 AM »
Here are some Tidbits gathered form various sources on the ol Interweb about the Versatile and Quite Reliable all round  Jigmaster Fishing Reels .
Will add more info and some Pictures as time goes on .

The Jigmaster was introduced around 1959.
 It had red side plates until about 1990 when they were changed to black. The Jigmaster Junior  model 501 which is a narrow version of the regular Jigmaster was introduced around 1965. 
  A Short Run of the 500S was introduced around  1975 and lasted until 1984.
  The 500S was a completely different design in which the left side plate was the side that had the take-apart feature.                     

 The 500S accepted standard Jigmaster spools. In 1986 Penn introduced the 505 Full Size  and the  506 Junior.
 These featured high speed gears (5:1) and ball bearings.
  These reels required Different  Spools to accommodate the NEW  BALL BEARINGS added in the end plates. The original Jigmaster was available with plastic and metal (chrome plated brass) spools. In 1974 Penn introduced aluminum spools for these reels and soon after discontinued both the plastic and brass spools. Jigmaster's are still available today, however in 2006 Penn moved production of all plastic sided reels, including the Jigmaster, to China. Reels made in China, have black side plates and do not say "Made in USA" anywhere on them. The black sided Jigmaster's that were made in USA, say "Made in USA" on either left or right side plates and sometimes on Both Sides .


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PENN REELS / China Made Penns
« Last post by Wompus Cat on September 26, 2023, 06:54:16 AM »
Recently I was sent an e-mail from one of the Stores I buy from and they had Penn Senator's 113 H2's for around 58  Bux a piece with shipping .
Soooooooooooo I bit and bought 2 of em .
 
They were delivered and of course I HAD to tear in to them to see whaddup .
 
                             More  Later .

I plan to do a side by side comparison with Pix and measurements to show compatible parts (IF ANY) first Glance  doesn't lookey too good.

First off the Spools WON'T nor the Right Side plate .......I am wrong on that as I have interchanged them  just now and in fact the Chinese Spool Fits BETTER in the old style Reel .
It is looking like most parts WILL INTERCHANGE  PIX coming soon .



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BRONSON REELS / Marhoffe
« Last post by Wompus Cat on August 31, 2023, 08:39:32 PM »
Here is an Early Shakespeare Marhoff . With no Date Codes and a Black Left Side Plate with the Clicker located on top of the Right Side Tail Plate.
I thought it was interesting as I had not seen one before . I got it in an old Tackle Box off E-Bay .
Stamped on Left plate is 
                         MARHOFF PATENT
                                LEVEL
                          WINDING REEL
                              No. 1964
 
    Has Jeweled  End Caps  and appears to be Nickel Silver
Tore it down ,Cleaned and oiled it and it spins smooth as Butter .
Clicker Wheel has 3 positions as shown below .






















Back together and I left some of the Patina





                         
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CATCHING / Bufaloe (Sucker ) Fish
« Last post by Wompus Cat on August 04, 2023, 08:27:46 PM »
Nothing to Reely Brag about as most people consider these Rough Fish but Caught this today on a Kastmaster Spoon with a small Chartreuse tail on it . I figure the tail resembled algae or weed as these usually are caught on Dough Bait around here  . Anyway it took about 25 minutes to drag this  in with my Zebco 33 (OLD SOLID METAL ) Reel and 6 ft. Fiber Glass Rod. Measured about 33 inches and prob around 12 to 15  pounds .



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PENN REELS / Penn Senator 9/0 115 1940's /50's Restoration
« Last post by Wompus Cat on August 02, 2023, 08:20:17 AM »
Here is an Older 9/0  (not positive but with some of the Characteristics it has I believe to be from 1940's or Early 50's.

 I got this lil Jewell  off E-Bay with some interesting differences in the from the Newer versions I noted.
 It came with a MONSTER Adjustable Handle I have Never seen Before .
Which more than likely led to the problem of the Sleeve being worn Smooth where the handle normally would lock on to it .



Some B 4 photos






Plates ,Rings, Spool Pretty fugged Up!!



Ordered NEW SLEEVE but had some BIG PROBLEMS as the New one was larger inside than the old one and different on the bottom .
The New sleeve is the same part number as the 114H and has a 114 part number but no way it would work ..... It does fit he 114 Bridge Plate though.

The old Sleeve next to the New one you can see the Difference


Old Sleeve id
Even the Handle Nut is Smaller!
 




New Sleeve id 1mm larger!



The retaining pin is even different on these
Old Pin



New Pin


Old vs new



on left is a 114 Bridge plate with the NEW 9/0 sleeve and fits ok
on Right is the old (9/0 and Bridge plate ) Bridge plate is Numbered 115  but new sleeve has 114 number ????


I bought NEW Chrome Rings but had to some Careful Reaming on 2 of the holes on each one to line up with old plates.

Spool Cleaned up pretty well considering the crud that was on it  but here is a sideview of progress so far.


 
No part numbers on Foot,Spool and a few other parts which leads me to believe it is from the 40's.

I made a Mandrel out of a piece of Tool Stock  to reshape the old Sleeve to work (WITHOUT DAMAGING THE THREADS  where it was rounded off. So was able to make it work since the New Sleeve was way too big .

Talking to Mystic on this fitment problem as it ain't good .
More later on this .

Finished .



Spool looks a hundred times Better after hours of hand polishing  (NO VINEGAR )
Use Vinegar if you want to Ruin your parts .





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