Clear side plates

[steelhead_killer]

Pflueger Ohio 1976

[Crow]

  Sweet !  What's the story behind it ?

[Benni3]

That's very cool,,,,,

[Maxed Out]

Hello Andy, that's a great find.....more pics please

[steelhead_killer]

Customer sent a couple of old reels that he did not want anymore.  Unfortunately, he did not pack them very well and the tail plate broke in shipping.  Had I known what he was sending I would have offered an alternative to newspaper packing material.  Oh well still a cool little reel about the size of a 4/0.  Wooden knob handle.  Everything looks over built but the gear and drag system.  Main gear is like a 209 size.  Pinion is a two piece rig, and the anti-reverse pawl is unique as is the spring.  Ted there are 11 more pics attached.  I have only cleaned the head plate and it looks good as new.

Andy

[steelhead_killer]

More pics

[steelhead_killer]

some more pics

[steelhead_killer]

Two more I'm done

[Crow]

That's pretty special ! Too bad about the tail plate , but, a good glue job shouldn't look TOO bad !

[steelhead_killer]

I think you are right!  Luckily it did not break in an area that is load bearing, per se...

[Maxed Out]

Sorry about that poor packaging job. I'm very certain that was a very special reel at the time it was made. Perhaps made for trade shows to show customers how the internals worked

  Still a very valuable reel even with the broken plate. Hopefully it will go back together ok. The headplate looks great !!

[oc1]

Maybe it was cracked before and the shipping just made the piece fall out of the ring.  Cool reel nonetheless Andy.
-steve

[steelhead_killer]

After a bath...

[oc1]

Wow, it looks great Andy.
-steve

[steelhead_killer]

Cleaned up pretty nice.  I can't seem to find any info on the history of that model.  One referenced 1942 but that is all I could find.  I'll keep looking...