Quick Penn Quiz

Maxed Out · April 29, 2018, 02:24:03 AM

Which Penn reel introduced in the 1930's stayed at the same introductory price thru the late 50's ??

No fair cheating for all of you with Mike C. history books

mo65 · April 29, 2018, 02:38:37 AM

I can't use the book?

Uggghhhh.....

Swami805 · April 29, 2018, 02:49:55 AM

Just a flyer,99 silver beach?

Maxed Out · April 29, 2018, 05:32:44 AM

Sorry Sheridan, keep trying

Mo Farley....go ahead and use the book, it might be tougher than you think to solve.

broadway · April 29, 2018, 05:46:57 AM

Keeping us on our toes, eh, Ted? I'm gonna go with the 140 squidder, but it seems too obvious so I'm probably incorrect.
Dom

Maxed Out · April 29, 2018, 06:36:49 AM

Quote from: broadway on April 29, 2018, 05:46:57 AM
Keeping us on our toes, eh, Ted? I'm gonna go with the 140 squidder, but it seems too obvious so I'm probably incorrect.
Dom

Ok, you got that one....$25.00 was the price in 1939 and in 1957

....Now I'll add another to this subject.... Penn at one point boasted about the squidder and its casting capabilities.....What was the RPM's the squidder reached during a cast according to Penn ??

Swami805 · April 29, 2018, 06:46:31 AM

I thought squidder at first too, makes sense too since they were pricey for a penn. They raised the price to 27.50 in the late forty's though. Maybe because they added the extra spool?

Maxed Out · April 29, 2018, 07:54:35 AM

1957 catalog shows squidder for $25.... Not sure what happened in the late 40's. Might have been for metal spool option

Bill B · April 30, 2018, 12:59:37 AM

Ok....I cheated and went to the "book"

but could not find anything.....so my SWAG (Scientific Wild #### Guess) is 650 rpm.....🤓 And I apologize if I guessed right....Bill

Swami805 · April 30, 2018, 01:39:48 AM

Here's an old one in a box

MarkT · April 30, 2018, 02:18:10 AM

$27.50 was real money back in the 30' s.

Swami805 · April 30, 2018, 02:41:10 AM

I have a later one in a box with the spare spool that was $25.00. Both came with plastic spools. Heck of a lot of money back then. So they came out with similar models without some features at a lower cost but did those models also have the "fins" on the spool too or was that just a squidder thing?

Maxed Out · April 30, 2018, 05:58:08 AM

Love the early box Sheridan. Not an easy find

Uncle Bill, 650 rpm's is like a car sitting at idle....think more like a NASCAR running at 200mph

Swami805 · April 30, 2018, 06:08:40 AM

what's nascar 8500? what F1 12000? got me on that one Ted

Reel 224 · April 30, 2018, 12:57:00 PM

The red line is 8,000 in Nascar so I guess 8,000 $:-\$

Joe