rare penn red 85 reel

[harryk3616]

good morning reel men and ladies.   i have a question hopefully some one can answer,  the rare red penn 85 reel with a black plastic spool from around 1939 or so, are the red side plates painted or are they made from solid red plastic?   thanks  harryk

[Bryan Young]

They should be made from solid red bakelite.

[john2244]

Hello Harry,

Love to see a pic of your old 85.

John

[harryk3616]

hi    john      i'll try to post a picture, but i'm not making any promises it will work.  thank you and bryan for responding.

[harryk3616]

john     i would love to share with you and the members my work bench. i think i'm well organized ,  being handicapped , i sit on my electric scooter to work on the reels as a hobby and everything has to be accessible to me, but besides that the members might get some good ideas with my set up.