A brown Penn 711

[The Jim]

Can I E-mail someone pics?

[philaroman]

How do you post pictures? I tried to copy and paste but couldn't.

use the Reply, instead of Quick-Reply
OR
select Preview, instead of Post

...either way takes you to the full-option Reply
then, under Additional Options, use Attach: [Choose File]
& find/select the photo file(s) on your computer

[sdlehr]

Jim, you can email me pics and I can post for you. s(dot)d(dot)lehr(at)comcast(dot)net (you can't be too careful with all the spam bots around these days.

Sid

[The Jim]

Haere are a couple of pictures.

[oc1]

Could it be a 711Z that was left out in the sun to fade or was painted?
-steve

[The Jim]

711Z has a plastic cover. This one is metal.
The inside is brown also. It is definitely painted brown from the factory.  I don't think it's worth much, except to fish with. I'm guessing it originally had silver and white handle and spool.

[handi2]

I know there were black ones. Ive had them. This is odd...

[The Jim]

It looks a little better than in the pictures, but not a collection quality reel be any meens. Works great! But curiousity is killing me! I wander if it originally had a silver and white handle? And the spool? The old drag disk are creamy smouth., and the anti reverse is not than loud.  But I can't get the handle off! I'm fearful of breaking it.

[nelz]

Looks like faded, weathered black. Probably left outside for a long time.

Did you turn the handle backwards to remove it? If it's stuck, that's more evidence that's it's been left out in the elements. Try a little solvent to loosen it. WD40, etc.

[foakes]

That is the light metallic bronze color that they had on the 720Z & 722Z, with gold components.

To get the handle off — it unscrews the opposite way from the positive crank position.

However, if stuck — instead of using the soft aluminum crank to torque it loose — remove the crank and cranknut — then use a phillips screwdriver in the hole to remove it.  Should come right off with no damage.

Best,

Fred

[The Jim]

No, it's not weathered black. The insides are brown. If it was weathered, the sticker wouldn't be in that good of a condition. They made brown one's, I just can't get any info on how many, or when.

[oc1]

They made brown one's, I just can't get any info on how many, or when.

I think Fred's photo sort of resolves it.  They made at least one brown/bronze 711Z.
-steve

[Midway Tommy]

They made brown one's, I just can't get any info on how many, or when.

I think Fred's photo sort of resolves it.  They made at least one brown/bronze 711Z.
-steve

I agree with Steve. They did some different color variation tests about that time, maybe this is one of them during a transition from "greenie" to Z.

[The Jim]

Transition? Ok. How old would that put it? Would it have had silver and hardware originally?

(pic) of inside, side cover, metal.

[The Jim]

Thanks to everyone for putting up with all my questions!