Beware of Copy Cats

[Maxed Out]

 Mom always said "you can't judge a book by it's cover" ......she was always right  

  Ted

[Alto Mare]

Cool Ted! you must have some stickers laying around...very nice.

[foakes]

Nice, Ted --

Good to know those old double post bars fit other reels -- is that an 85, or just 85 sideplates, or?

Got quite afew of those old double posts that could go to a good use.

Thanks,

Fred

[Alto Mare]

I looked too fast, wow. Great job buddy, now I see what you did, very clever.

[Maxed Out]

 LOL, no stickers Sal, just old stock penn bars.

 Yes Fred, stock Delmar plates and internals, 112-3/0 spool, and these old spacer bars, and seat is standard jigmaster 30-200, so I would guess any penn that width could be adapted to these bars The inset for the sticker was a bit of an issue on my first try, as the drilled and tapped hole partially protruded into that cavity. So round 2 the hole was drilled off center to avoid the blowout(see very 1st pic in this thread).

Here is the failed first attempt. A rookie mistake indeed !!

[foakes]

  Here is the failed first attempt. A rookie mistake indeed !!

We have all been there, Ted -- I know I have many times.

Nice job!

Best,

Fred

[mo65]

   Cool hot rod Ted...I like it!

[PacRat]

Nice work Dr. Frankenstein!
-Mike

[Dominick]

Fronkensteen, Igor.    Dominick

[mizmo67]

*lightning flashes*
"It's Alive!"

LOL. Nicely done. Going to confuse the heck out of someone further down the line, so congrats on that, too 

[Bill B]

I was always partial to "Frau Buehlah......horse whinny"   LOL Ted way cool mod.....Bill

[Ron Jones]

I'm seeing this reel with a Newell stand and a 190 Seaboy spool in my future. Not the near future, but I will make one.
Ron

[Dominick]

I was always partial to "Frau Buehlah......horse whinny"   LOL Ted way cool mod.....Bill

Bill a little trivia.  Frau Blucher and the horse whinny.  Mel Brooks was very clever.  Blucher means glue factory.  Hence, the horse whinny when the word "blucher" is intoned.  The scene was funny even to those that did not know about the glue factory.  Neigh...Dominick

[mo65]

Blucher means glue factory.  Hence, the horse whinny when the word "blucher" is intoned. 

   I have howled at that bit for years...and now it just got even funnier! Thanks for the enlightenment Dominick!

[mizmo67]

I was always partial to "Frau Buehlah......horse whinny"   LOL Ted way cool mod.....Bill

For me... "Put. The Candle. Bachk."