Squidder from days gone by

[Maxed Out]

 Been laying low from adding more reels to my collection. Then one day i took a peak at ebay and saw some bluury pics of a squidder auction that ended in 15 minutes. It had a couple small bids, so I just bumped it up a hair and went back to watching football. About hour later I noticed I had an item that needed "payment". holy smokes, hope those blurry pics didnt bite me in the arse. Upon arrival it looked pretty decent, but then i wiped off a few chrome areas and I was left momentarily speechless. later on I carefully detailed the reel with cotton wadding and my magic lens cloth. I can honestly say this reel has never been used, or spooled with line. It is 100% original pre war and came with the boxed lube tubes, boxed extra spool, and correct #10 catalog. I'm still pinching myself, but it's really for real !!

 1942 average hourly wage .25cents, this 1942 squidder cost $25, which is equal to 100 hours of labor. That's why they were referred to as rich man's reel, and the surfmaster at $6 was aptly named the poor man's squidder

 Here's a few pics

[JasonGotaProblem]

Did rich people like squid?

[Gfish]

Great score! Wonder if the other bidder was watching football too and didn't see bid go up. NIB that's something!

[Bryan Young]

Nice score. Good thing do happen to good people

[Vintage Offshore Tackle]

Great find Ted!

[Bill B]

Wow! 

[Crab Pot]

I guess I'm the guy that was watching football.

How did I miss that one.

Great find, even better score!

Steve

[Swami805]

That's a beauty!

[1badf350]

Great score. Gotta love when people forget to bid. It doesn't happen often enough 😆

[vilters]

saweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! great get

[sciaenops]

Wowza don't see many like that!

[foakes]

Great find on a great reel that Penn has sadly discontinued, Ted —

I have gotten rid of a couple hundred Penn Conventionals over the last 4 years.  And have maybe another 100 to go.

But I have always enjoyed and kept back the Penn Squidders.

All (3) widths —- 140, 145, 146.

None are as pristine as the one you just acquired though.

Thanks for showing us!

Best, Fred

[Jim Fujitani]

Very nice!

[Crow]

Great find!  The only squidder in my collection is so corroded, the "chrome" is all "brass'!LOL!

[Keta]

Nice looking reel.