I've noticed a lot of reels, especially vintage reels, seem to have exactly 88 components, when every screw, washer, and spacer is counted.
The list includes many penn senators, some penn SS reels (my 750SS for example), my daiwa SS700 and SS1300, and several others that I've bothered to count parts on but didn't bother to commit to memory.
Is there any documentation on this being intentional? A piano has 88 keys, and there are 88 named constellations. So there's a part of me that thinks designers saw this as adding a degree of, for lack of better word, elegance.
Or is it all just some coincidence?
To continue your theory white prison gangs have adopted "88" as part of their racist ideology. I don't want to expand here but I will in a PM. Bill
don't Asians consider 8's "lucky" the way we view 7's... more so, even?
kick an 8 over on its side & it's infinity ::)
Oh, Man!! Lots of miles can be covered in this discussion. Interesting observation....and the fish is a symbol of....
:o I gots this feeling that you must have sucked on a toosie pop today.
Earnhardt jr car number. Wasn't there an Oldsmobile 88?
I feel 88 today, does that count?
I have a 88 T Bird and now,It looks like a challenge to add more drags to my reels to get to that 88 count.
Quote from: Shellbelly on September 27, 2023, 07:34:03 PMQuote from: Swami805 on September 27, 2023, 06:24:30 PMWasn't there an Oldsmobile 88?
Rocket 88. A Battleship.
I had a 1966 Oldsmobile Rocket 88! 425 cu. inch "Ultra High Compression" engine. What a beast! Plus the 8 track sound system. Great memories!
Quote from: Finest Kind on September 27, 2023, 08:53:58 PMI had a 1966 Oldsmobile Rocket 88!
Amazing!! I had a '73 Delta 88 Royale 2-door. Wore out a Dark Side Of The Moon 8 track tape in that car. Spun a bearing going 110. Dropped a rod and oil went everywhere. That was that.
This is too much fun!
Jason, you started this. ;D Triggered everybody! LMBO!! Sorry, Man. You might want to wrangle this back on the trail! Or not.
Quote from: oldmanjoe on September 27, 2023, 07:48:55 PMI have a 88 T Bird and now,It looks like a challenge to add more drags to my reels to get to that 88 count.
Is that the five speed manual, turbo coupe, by any chance, Joe?
My buddies was slow off the line, he had the automatic lol!
I used to be able to fly, through them gears, like nothing lol!
It's ok. I derail far too many threads to be mad if mine goes sideways.
I was 2 in '88. I probably had some cool hot wheels cars. And I probably thought they were fast.
Quote from: ExcessiveAngler on September 28, 2023, 01:23:54 AMQuote from: oldmanjoe on September 27, 2023, 07:48:55 PMI have a 88 T Bird and now,It looks like a challenge to add more drags to my reels to get to that 88 count.
Is that the five speed manual, turbo coupe, by any chance, Joe?
My buddies was slow off the line, he had the automatic lol!
I used to be able to fly, through them gears, like nothing lol!
I had 2 88 t birds , the blue one had 302 / 5 speed . the black one 302 / 4 speed in line shifter
There's pretty good Song a few years back titled "88 lines about 44 women" by NAILS
http://www.the-nails.com/88lines.html
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on September 28, 2023, 02:15:57 AMIt's ok. I derail far too many threads to be mad if mine goes sideways.
I was 2 in '88. I probably had some cool hot wheels cars. And I probably thought they were fast.
Oh, wait a minute!
This was a reel repair thread????
I was reading through lol!
Couldn't help but comment, on the thunder coupe, darn, 86',huh?
So seeing how it went sideways lol!
What were you cruising around in?
And not in 88' lol!
I meant, when you were in your early driving days!
Quote from: ExcessiveAngler on September 28, 2023, 03:48:26 AMQuote from: JasonGotaProblem on September 28, 2023, 02:15:57 AMIt's ok. I derail far too many threads to be mad if mine goes sideways.
I was 2 in '88. I probably had some cool hot wheels cars. And I probably thought they were fast.
Oh, wait a minute!
This was a reel repair thread????
I was reading through lol!
Couldn't help but comment, on the thunder coupe, darn, 86',huh?
So seeing how it went sideways lol!
What were you cruising around in?
And not in 88' lol!
I meant, when you were in your early driving days!
Nothing that can compete in coolness or speed here. My first car was a 92 lexus LS400 (we're talking 2005ish When I got it so nothing fancy anymore) my fastest car was an 07 civic si my current car is an '11 pro4x xterra. When I was running my hot sauce company I was driving to festivals to set up a booth in a Chevy 2500 cargo van with mudding tires. I installed a folding back seat from a suburban and built and upholstered a center console/arm rest for it and put a sound system in it. I still miss that thing.
I love my cargo van, even if I didn't need it for work I'd still drive it.
I did the same center console/arm rest thing on my old '03. A 10" down firing sub, amp rack and arm rest all in one. Looked like a mini fridge between the seats ;D Spent way too much time building it but it was pretty cool.
My current van I wanted to be able to get in the back so amps on the wall and removeable subwoofer.
A subwoofer in a cargo van is a different sound
Quote from: oldmanjoe on September 27, 2023, 07:48:55 PMI have a 88 T Bird and now,It looks like a challenge to add more drags to my reels to get to that 88 count.
Hi Joe, that looks like a red Quick reel in your second photo. What model is that? I hadn't seen a red Quick reel before.
Matt
Quote from: oldmanjoe on September 28, 2023, 03:05:22 AMQuote from: ExcessiveAngler on September 28, 2023, 01:23:54 AMQuote from: oldmanjoe on September 27, 2023, 07:48:55 PMI have a 88 T Bird and now,It looks like a challenge to add more drags to my reels to get to that 88 count.
Is that the five speed manual, turbo coupe, by any chance, Joe?
My buddies was slow off the line, he had the automatic lol!
I used to be able to fly, through them gears, like nothing lol!
I had 2 88 t birds , the blue one had 302 / 5 speed . the black one 302 / 4 speed in line shifter
So seeing how we're still going sideways lol!
Like all my smokey burnouts LMAO!
Did you ever have the pleasure of driving the supercharged Thunderbirds or mercury cougars?
My oh my, now they were super fast lol!
It really is. I attached the box of my 2 incredibly underpowered 10s into the shelves i used to cart my sauce around. I think i had a 200 watt amp. And lemme tell ya that thing BUMPED.
My center console was just framed up out of timber and plywood. I upholstered the sides with cheap pleather, and the top with... Better pleather. But I loved that lumber smell when i opened it. It never really went away.
This thread really went sideways. I'm tempted to change the title and try again later.
Quote from: reelynew on September 28, 2023, 11:14:27 PMQuote from: oldmanjoe on September 27, 2023, 07:48:55 PMI have a 88 T Bird and now,It looks like a challenge to add more drags to my reels to get to that 88 count.
Hi Joe, that looks like a red Quick reel in your second photo. What model is that? I hadn't seen a red Quick reel before.
Matt
That`s a 3000 with a paint job . https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,34058.0.html
Quote from: ExcessiveAngler on September 28, 2023, 11:21:49 PMQuote from: oldmanjoe on September 28, 2023, 03:05:22 AMQuote from: ExcessiveAngler on September 28, 2023, 01:23:54 AMQuote from: oldmanjoe on September 27, 2023, 07:48:55 PMI have a 88 T Bird and now,It looks like a challenge to add more drags to my reels to get to that 88 count.
Is that the five speed manual, turbo coupe, by any chance, Joe?
My buddies was slow off the line, he had the automatic lol!
I used to be able to fly, through them gears, like nothing lol!
I had 2 88 t birds , the blue one had 302 / 5 speed . the black one 302 / 4 speed in line shifter
So seeing how we're still going sideways lol!
Like all my smokey burnouts LMAO!
Did you ever have the pleasure of driving the supercharged Thunderbirds or mercury cougars?
My oh my, now they were super fast lol!
I have made Hits with both .with stock suspension . You can`t get power down Although the Cougar was 2 tenths faster
Quote from: oldmanjoe on September 29, 2023, 12:38:50 AMQuote from: reelynew on September 28, 2023, 11:14:27 PMQuote from: oldmanjoe on September 27, 2023, 07:48:55 PMI have a 88 T Bird and now,It looks like a challenge to add more drags to my reels to get to that 88 count.
Hi Joe, that looks like a red Quick reel in your second photo. What model is that? I hadn't seen a red Quick reel before.
Matt
That`s a 3000 with a paint job . https://alantani.com/index.php/topic,34058.0.html
Nice job Joe. Thanks for the link.
88 keys on a piano. You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish