Penn Reels - just as you find them

[Crow]

That's a nice, clean reel, Shibs !! And the price was right, too !

I got the 'take-a-part', apart....used a similar approach...squirted it with WD40....trying to get it "in the join', and worked it a bit with a knife blade. There was a lot of dirt inside, and that's what had it bound up, I think. The "catching" as it rotates is either a "tweeked" plastic spool, or the 'frame has been "tweeked" out of square......no time now , to go further on it....another "spring time job" ....so many reels, so little time !

[milne]

I already showed this one a while back, but I have ended up catching up on cleaning all my new reels, with this one being my last one to do.
The reel has heaps of wear Patina and I kinda like that. Everything else apart from the spool and posts came up really nice, so I was quite happy, if only this reel could talk and tell us what journeys she has been on. The box has come up great, I wont be using the box to store the reel, so that will prolong it's life a fair bit longer.
The 9/0,  what a great reel to work on, my only other is a very early first generation that I only opened up for a peak, so this is the first one I have got my hands dirty with,,, and I loved working on her. Probably because everything's bigger on it, that certainly helps, rather than trying to get my fat fingers around the smaller reel parts  
I gotta say, I have to now add one of these 9/0's to my fishing artillery, what a great sized reel !!!
I sat there after cleaning this one up, and pondered, I still haven't put up a shelving system to store all my vintage reels, that's gotta happen now !!  I had a count up and I've near got 70 vintage reels now !!!!!    The spare room where all things "reels" happens, is now bursting at the seams and room is at a premium.....  There in one corner lies my unfinished "modding" projects,  2- 113's, a Squidder, all Tiburon up grade projects sitting in limbo,,,, Now, with the thoughts or rather the need to do the same with a 9/0.
I could seriously go in to the room, shut the door and not emerge for a week, with all the "to do" tasks I have.
Any one else Suffer from the same " disease" I obviously have    
Any how, a picture of my cleaned up 49 9/0................

Col

[54bullseye]

Nice job Col looks great !!   John Taylor

[Crow]

Great job on the clean-up, Col !  I understand about  the need for "more shelves, too ! We plan on storing the RV "down south" this next season, instead of bringing home with us, in the spring....that will open a BIG pace for reels !!

[Donnyboat]

Really nice job on the 9/0 Col, they are a nice size reel, I have a very old 9/0 & a old 6/0 with brass bushes on my boat all the time, they are the roughest reals I own, but work really good, I love the work are doing on restoring the old bozes, cheers Don.

[Gobi King]

Crow, that is good new.

Col, good job on the 9/0

[Swami805]

That 9/0 cleaned up nice, box looks good too!

[milne]

Thanks guys,  I really love making these old girls shine.
        The Senator was in really good condition when I received it, it had been well looked after, but together the box and reel takes a special place on my shelf, my first light house box.
   ( when I get around to putting shelves up.  )
The addiction continues....

Col

[Cuttyhunker]

Early in the month I posted this sad 209 greenie that came in a bulk trade, using a donor 209 thanks to the ORCA housecleaning last summer I think the old girl is
looking pretty good.  Sadly the original red knob had the sleeve frozen to the post and busted loose from the crank at the base.

[Crow]

Good job !!

[milne]

Oh Wow,  That has come up real sweet, great job !!
       

Col

[Sharkb8]

That come up a treat, good job

Kim

[Donnyboat]

really nice work, cheers Don.

[Sharkb8]

Got this 4/0 the other day for $47 posted ,very happy with it but the rear cross bar in poor condition.

Kim

[Crow]

Nice chrome on it !  Price was fair, as well.