A few new additions to my collection...

[Tightlines667]

Finally found a first year (ca. 1939) Squidder 140.  It has found a home next to my ca.1941-42 Surf masters  (200 & 201). 



Now to find a ca. 1940-42 Surfmasters 250, 150,&151 to complete the set

[sdlehr]

Very nice, John! Very nice collection. I can only dream!

Sid
SE FL

[Shark Hunter]

Nice Trio there John.

[Penn Chronology]

Finally found a first year (ca. 1939) Squidder 140.

Nice find John! What kind of stand is on the reel and what kind of markings are on the bottom of the stand?

[Tightlines667]

[Penn Chronology]

That is the perfect stand, too bad about the notch; but, it is much more important in terms of correctness than terms of perfect condition or the better quality stand. That is a very hard stand to find and it categorizes the reel as a first year reel. Great find! Physically it is a 155 stand; but, I believe the markings make it a 1939 Squidder stand only. Mostly, this little piece of info gets past most sellers. 

[broadway]

Those are some beauties ya got there, John! I just picked up a first year squidder as well, they aint easy to find.
Your collection needs a bigger display cabinet or maybe a display room at the rate you've been going... sweet picking!
That notch may have been put in there for a bottle opener
Thanks for showing
Dom

[Maxed Out]

/quote]

 
  Never thought of that Dom, but then I just use my teeth  


  John, you are getting some dandys and I agree with Mike, those first year squidders are near impossible to find. At that time it could have been classified as a "rich mans" surf caster. $25 was a truckload of money in 1939 for such a small reel. It was Penns first attempt at a world class surf caster, and they nailed it, but made those who bought it pay dearly for the engineering that went into it. That same year (1939) you could buy a 9/0 senator for just $4 more than that little squidder.

    P.S. John, that middle glass shelf looks like it's reached it's load capacity 

[Tightlines667]

Guess that was $27 (shipped) well spent!

[broadway]

John,
   I got robbed ... Mine was $40 shipped. Clearly ours didn't come on a properly listed auction, Nice👍
Well spent,
Dom

[Tightlines667]

John,
  I got robbed ... Mine was $40 shipped. Clearly ours didn't come on a properly listed auction, Nice👍
Well spent,
Dom

I'm sure that won't happen again to either one of our reels.

[Maxed Out]

John,
  I got robbed ... Mine was $40 shipped. Clearly ours didn't come on a properly listed auction, Nice👍
Well spent,
Dom

I bet you're right Dom, the seller of Johns reel never mentioned the bottle opener bonus !!  

    ....and you got jipped cause yours didn't come with that factory option. 

[Tightlines667]

How about a minty, possibly NOS, 9/0 with a Lighthouse box...



This reel has externally accessible drags, and a rosewood torpedo handle, with large coin-edgediscounts counterweight.



This is a different "grease" stamping then I have seen before.



A 4/0 Lighthouse box...



and an early LongBeach...






These are my first Lighthouse boxes, and along with the reeks, were aquired locally.  

The seller had indicated that the the 9/0 was still new, and in the origional box.  I didn't find any more information about the 4/0 box, and the LongBeach that I aquired from the same guy.  

Pretty stoked to have found these gems in Hawaii.

John

[Shark Hunter]

Good for You John.
Definitely Gems you have there. That 9/0 is Shweeeeet!!!

[cbar45]

Nice! That 9/0 is quite a find, especially for Hawaii.