Old Abu Reels.

[ambleangler]

I once came across a weblink page on these threads that carried information on how to find the age of Abu Garcia reels by the number on the footplate of the reel. I have tried the Abu site itself without success, can anyone point me in the right direction, any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers All,

AA.

 

[fishingmark]

I think this explains it.

 

[ambleangler]

Cheers for the reply Fishingmark and call me an old thicko but ! the reels that I have carry the following numbers:

910513 34.

91 05 06.

So Mate, any idea on the year of manufacture for these reels, (sorry to be a pest), if it helps, they are both marked 'Made in Sweden'.

Cheers in advance,

AA.

 

[fishingmark]

I thought it was simple but now I've had a look at all of my Abu reels I can only date three of them using this method. Looks like some of he numbers are serial numbers and not date stamps Sorry I thought it looked simple using this method but I have viewed loads of forums and there seems to be plenty confusion about it out there.

 

[ambleangler]

Thanks Mate. I dont see why Abu cannot make it easier to tell the age of a particular reel instead of going into quantum mathematics !

Cheers,

AA.

 

[fishingmark]

Thanks Mate. I dont see why Abu cannot make it easier to tell the age of a particular reel instead of going into quantum mathematics !

Cheers,

AA.

I agree mate. I remember finding a site a good few years ago with a full explaination of the numbers and changes to them over the years but I can not find it.