Vintage Penn reel ID?

Started by Decker, March 26, 2020, 04:47:02 PM

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Decker

I saw this for sale locally.  The owner says it used to have a Penn emblem on it that fell off.  There are no numbers on the sides.  My guess is it is a trade reel.  Looks like a 259 Live bait Caster to me. 

What do you think?


xjchad

Joe,
I could be wrong (and probably am...) but I don't think that's actually a Penn reel.  I think it just has a Penn handle on it.
It looks to squared off and the screws don't look right to me.

What's the left side look like?
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Decker

#2
Definitely the handle screw is wrong, but everything else looks like Penn to me.  Here's the left side, clean and smooth.  Some 99s that look that way.

I suppose it could be a Japanese look-alike.



Swami805

The drag Star doesn't look right to me either, maybe it's the angle of the picture
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1badf350

#4
Its not a Penn. Its a foreign knock off. Says Made In Japan on the bottom of the stand. Also No Penn ever had an emblem as seller claims it once had.
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philaroman

#5
Olympic Dolphin?  Immec?  later Compac clone of Olympic clone of PENN  :o

methinks, not all Olympic-made K-Mart reels were red
(or, maybe, other colors were re-branded something other than K-Mart)

...is this a black 207/307 ???

https://www.ebay.com/sch/888/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=%28kmart%2Ck-mart%29%28107%2C207%2C307%29

Decker

Quote from: philaroman on March 26, 2020, 06:02:55 PM

Olympic Dolphin ???  Immec ???  later Compac clone of Olympic  ???

were all Olympic-made K-Mart reels red...  is that a black version?

Agreed.  Not a Penn, is one of those knock-offs.

philaroman

#7
I edited -- I'm guessing black 107/207

oc1

Me thinks Ocean City. 
-steve

sabaman1

The screws for the reel base seem to be internal, and rings do not look like a penn product.
JIM

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It looks exactly like the reels made in Japan and labeled Heddon
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foakes

Best part of that reel is the handle...

IMO

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