Penn Reels - just as you find them

[Crow]

   This one followed me home from Alabama, this spring...in a bag !  It was "gifted" to me by a fella' down there, and it was missing a chunk , or two, but didn't appear that it was ever used very much.....chrome in pretty decent shape, no "initials" scratched in the plates , side rings not broken, and, with a "tip of the Hat" to Rudy , I got it put together this afternoon ! I had a new set of the old, original drag washers, so, this thing is "stock", all the way. Thanks to Lee, I now have another to "soup up" for fishing....this one goes on my "shelf" !   Thanks, Guys !!

[Maxed Out]

Are those stock harness lugs ?? The holes look to be oblong in shape instead of round

Ted

[Crow]

  Yeah, they are th ones that came with it....and the holes are round, I think it's just the angle of the camera that makes 'em look funny. I just took a couple others, and it's a "little" better, but it's hard o get "square" with the holes....any angle , at all, makes them look elliptical !?

[Maxed Out]

Yep, it musta been camera angle. Either way you got a sweet 349h for nuttin'

[Penn Chronology]

This one followed me home from Alabama, this spring...in a bag !  It was "gifted" to me by a fella' down there, and it was missing a chunk , or two, but didn't appear that it was ever used very much.....chrome in pretty decent shape, no "initials" scratched in the plates , side rings not broken, and, with a "tip of the Hat" to Rudy , I got it put together this afternoon ! I had a new set of the old, original drag washers, so, this thing is "stock", all the way. Thanks to Lee, I now have another to "soup up" for fishing....this one goes on my "shelf" !   Thanks, Guys !!

Great reels. There is something about the 349 that I always liked. Even better when they are a gift. The Wahoo Special upgrade always makes for an interesting project.

[Crow]

Here's a few I've acquired in the last couple weeks.....a couple from ebay, a couple from some "thrift shop", in Denver, Co. (thanks to a nephew), and one I traded a few iris plants for ! Certainly nothing special, or scarce, and none really in great shape, but, I've been needing some better spools, plates, and other "oddments" that I can't seem to locate anywhere....so, most will be "canabalized"
a Delmar, and a 209.......for parts

[Crow]

A nice little Berkeley spinner.....maybe a bail spring will get me fishing, this one ! And a "Live Bait Caster", which seems to be pretty fair shape ! I *think* it will clean up, pretty well.

[Crow]

A 2/0...not the sharpest reel, but, it was in "my price range" (cheap !!), so after a clean up, I'll have one in my "collection", and maybe, I'll get a chance for a better example, down the road?!

[Crow]

And then there are these two !! 113h, REAL crusty, but, maybe between them, and the few other parts I have laying around, I can build one that's worth having. I actually was looking for some parts, on ebay, and decided to make an offer on one of these , and it was accepted, so I got it for less than what a used bridge / sleeve was going to cost me (although the postage was more). The other, I guess I "overpaid" on, but,for $35, in my hand, I guess it could have been worse !

[Maxed Out]

 Hi crow, those are good parts reel candidates......but you said none are anything special. I see a first year 209 with the unadjustable hex head worm drive bushing on the tail plate. That only came on 1st year of 209 production, which was somewhere around 1950

-Ted

[Benni3]

There great reels,,,,,, and you be surprised how good they will clean up,,,,,that 4/0 is great for fishing,,,,

[basto]

The 2/0 looks good. A 3 position handle and looks like it has been lubricated regularly.
Basto

[RowdyW]

Crow, both of those 113H's look like good candidates to have the desireable hardened steel main gears in them. Keep them matched to their original ss pinion gears for quieter & smoother running.      Rudy

[Bill B]

Crow, that 209 looks like a worthy candidate to bring back to showroom condition.  Like Rudy said, it's an early, if not first year.  Bill

[Crow]

Thanks for the "heads up" about the 209, guys! Sounds like one I'd better "add' to my collection. Also, thanks for mentioning the gears, Rudy ! I've been "bit", once, by gear noise from an "unmatched set"....your warning ,probably, saved me from another "bite" !!