Can you guys tell me about the different greenie colors? I see some are a deep green, then others are more of a light blue green. Are these all of the same era?
700's were a dark green called hunter green, 706, 707, 710, 712, 713, 711, 714, & 716 came in a lighter green called Penn reel green (very close to John Deere green), 704 & 705 were a blue-green metalic while the 720 came in blue and the 722 came in another shade of metalic blue- green. There are brown 720's & 722's that came out between the blue/blue-green 720 & 722 before everything was painted black for the Z series.
All the green colored reels stayed the same from the time of their introduction in the 60's until the black Z series in the early 70's.
Great walk through George. There are collectors on the Facebook vintage Penn group who have black "greenies"...they look like a Z series reel but have the greenie medallion. 8)
Yep forgot about the rare black 710 & 712's in both glossy and flat black. Only a few got out of the plant.
Thanks!! Boy thats a lot to keep track of!
... and Fred's brown one. Then there's all the re-paints because the factory paint was so prone to chipping and scuffing.
-steve