Does anybody have one with a tailplate that looks like this? All of mine have plain blank tailplates with waffle clickers. ??? ???
I'm no expert on the Deluxes...as I don't even own one yet...but I do believe the early models had the plain tailplate with waffle clicker...and the newer ones had the picture tailplate. 8)
I have 1 Chris, plain-waffle. Love to find one of these NIB.
Hello Chris,
All mine are blank side plate designs. This one is new to me.
Hello Ted, I am waiting for your response.............
Quote from: Penn Chronology on July 08, 2020, 03:47:25 PM
Hello Chris,
All mine are blank side plate designs. This one is new to me.
Hello Ted, I am waiting for your response.............
A very knowledgeable Penn history book author taught me a long time ago to "never say never" when it comes to Penn reels
Hi Chris,
I have 2 DL60's, and a DL65 with that same etching - all have the 'Kiss clicker" - seems to be a post 1939 addition.
All of my earlier LBDL's - waffle clicker etc - just have the plain tail plate.
In the 'Penn picture tail plates" thread (Penn Reels) Ray H has posted a picture of one on page 1.
Cheers
Martin
Thanks Martin thats what i wanted to know. I had not seen that style of tailplate until that picture.
Rays picture doesn't display properly for me, presumably because its a Photobucket picture. It has a black bar across it.
Quote from: 1badf350 on July 08, 2020, 08:53:31 PM
Thanks Martin thats what i wanted to know. I had not seen that style of tailplate until that picture.
Rays picture doesn't display properly for me, presumably because its a Photobucket picture. It has a black bar across it.
Photobucket has really done their best to ruin many historical threads on the Internet going back 20 or more years.
>:(
Is that scene aside from the text on any other reels?
Its similar to a 259 long beach live bait caster, but no fishing boat. On the 259 the lighthouse sits on a cliff. This one looks like it sits on a beach or something. Also the clouds are different
i have one ....ill be honest isk how to post pics on here though .
I just looked and mine is plain,,,,,, ;)
QuoteIts similar to a 259 long beach live bait caster, but no fishing boat. On the 259 the lighthouse sits on a cliff. This one looks like it sits on a beach or something. Also the clouds are different
Here we go. I thought I had seen it before. I now remember the one Ray had. I feel it is the last version of the DeLuxe models. These pictures were sent to me me by a Mr. Gary Mooney. This reel has all the bells and whistles. I especially like the knurled cross bar. When you see that feature, you know it is a pre-war reel. Thank you Gary!
QuotePhotobucket has really done their best to ruin many historical threads on the Internet going back 20 or more years.
I made a promise to myself about those Rats at Photobucket. That promise was they would never get a dime from me and anyone else I can influence. They established themselves as the premiere place to store your photos and be able to used them in different websites. Then after years, instead of Grandfathering old members in and then asking for a fee for the future use of their site, they simply cut everyone off and held your photos hostage unless you paid them for all the rights to post any of them. A typical example of how NOT to do business. I hate them. They have thousands of my photos, I use to use them to store my photos in small file formats for posting here and at ORCA. They ruined many of my early posts, I never forgave them and never will.
QuoteHello Chris,
All mine are blank side plate designs. This one is new to me.
Hello Ted, I am waiting for your response.............
A very knowledgeable Penn history book author taught me a long time ago to "never say never" when it comes to Penn reels
I listened to my own advice. You are the best Ted!
Quote from: Penn Chronology on July 09, 2020, 12:26:45 PM
QuotePhotobucket has really done their best to ruin many historical threads on the Internet going back 20 or more years.
I made a promise to myself about those Rats at Photobucket. That promise was they would never get a dime from me and anyone else I can influence. They established themselves as the premiere place to store your photos and be able to used them in different websites. Then after years, instead of Grandfathering old members in and then asking for a fee for the future use of their site, they simply cut everyone off and held your photos hostage unless you paid them for all the rights to post any of them. A typical example of how NOT to do business. I hate them. They have thousands of my photos, I use to use them to store my photos in small file formats for posting here and at ORCA. They ruined many of my early posts, I never forgave them and never will.
Hey Mike --
I agree with you 150% on the PB unbelievably stupid decisions to hold OUR photos hostage -- unless we paid an exorbitant fee to restore the photos. I had over 5000 photos on PB, when this incredibly bad business decision went down with no warning.
However...
After venting myself privately (ask my wife) for a few months -- and publicly on our AT website -- I realized that in the end, even if I self-righteously refused to pay them any $$$ -- that wasn't getting me anywhere, except in my own head -- and the worst part -- PB basically won -- and did not care about my anger or attitude. It just hurt me -- not PB.
Bottom line -- here is what I decided to do:
After the PB CEO was fired for handling this so badly -- PB came out with some much smaller fees to reinstate our accounts.
I signed up for that -- and all of my photos were restored within a minute.
Then, I downloaded all of the photos to a physical device of my own -- and repopulated the old posts with my own original photos.
Did I want to do this -- NO!
But not doing it -- only kept me sour -- and PB was still in charge of my photos and posts.
So I did what I could do to regain personal control -- and just moved forward.
It is easy to say that other's actions are wrong and possibly bordering on illegal -- but the next steps we take are so crucial to our own well being -- realizing that we must have control -- and we cannot allow anyone else to determine that for us.
My grandmother used to tell me that the trouble in wrestling with Pigs, was -- you will both get muddy and S*** stained -- the difference is -- the Pig likes it!
Just what I did -- maybe mot for anyone else.
But the main thing is to get YOUR photos unlocked and accessible -- so you can then make some decisions that YOU have control over.
Your posts, Mike -- are too important to the angling world from a learning and historical standpoint...
Best,
Fred
So we have established that the 1940/1941 LBDL 60/65's were produced with an etched tail plate and 'kiss clicker', which has me wondering what about the DL66, with a larger tail plate.
I have 2 66's - both waffle clicker, plain tail plate, late 30's models.
Does anyone have a 1940/1941, kiss clicker LBDL66, and if so - what is the tail plate like?
Cheers
Martin
Quote from: Penn Chronology on July 09, 2020, 12:15:07 PM
QuoteIts similar to a 259 long beach live bait caster, but no fishing boat. On the 259 the lighthouse sits on a cliff. This one looks like it sits on a beach or something. Also the clouds are different
Here we go. I thought I had seen it before. I now remember the one Ray had. I feel it is the last version of the DeLuxe models. These pictures were sent to me me by a Mr. Gary Mooney. This reel has all the bells and whistles. I especially like the knurled cross bar. When you see that feature, you know it is a pre-war reel. Thank you Gary!
your welcome mike ,and thank you for posting the pics,and the books and all the info !
your welcome mike ,and thank you for posting the pics . ty for the info and the books .
Quoteyour welcome mike ,and thank you for posting the pics . ty for the info and the books .
My pleasure. Glad we answered some questions here.
Martin,
My DL 66 is with a plain tailplate and waffle clicker.
Best
Dom
Quote from: Deepennz on July 09, 2020, 03:44:06 PMSo we have established that the 1940/1941 LBDL 60/65's were produced with an etched tail plate and 'kiss clicker', which has me wondering what about the DL66, with a larger tail plate.
I have 2 66's - both waffle clicker, plain tail plate, late 30's models.
Does anyone have a 1940/1941, kiss clicker LBDL66, and if so - what is the tail plate like?
Cheers
Martin
Hello Martin, 2 1/2 years later I found the answer to your question. Later DL66 does have picture plate. I'll try and locate it for a pic. Here is the headplate view from my phone files
Beautiful example, Mr. Shiny reel Ted. You got a technique for bringing back the finish that I wish I had, for rainy day projects.
Not sure if I have any of those, or not.
Started to go through the extra storage container last week —- in anticipation of getting rid of most of the old parts, reels, and other tackle stuff —- but weather got in the way.
So after this next storm, if we don't get too much snow —- I will give it another go.
This is basically early Spring Cleaning of stuff I haven't touched or used or even recall what is in there for the last 20+ years.
Got rid of most of my Penn conventional reels & parts a couple of years ago. There will probably be more to discover as I get into the dark recesses and bottoms of old crates.
Here is an older Long Beach with an engraved tail-plate and a waffle clicker, wood crank knob —- but I don't know the details.
Found a couple more crates of old Penns —- 80's, 85's, LB's, Senators, Seagates, Seafords, LWD's, etc..
Guess after cleaning out the storage container —- it will be a good time for a yard sale.
Mostly just work on (4) quality brands of vintage spinners these days.
Best, Fred
Hi Ted,
Beautiful reel - you sure do have a knack of finding the shiny ones!
Since I wrote that question 2 years ago I have found a (not so shiny!) 1940 LB deluxe 66 - and realized that all the LBdl's have the same tail plate. I had hoped that we would find a new, different, picture tailplate.
No such luck!!
Keep showing us your treasures - I always enjoy your posts.
Thank you!!
Martin