FOR sale IS MY ABU AMBASSADEUR GARCIA 6500C SPECIAL.
THIS REEL WAS BOUGHT NEW IN THE EARLY 90`S AND HAS SPENT MOST OF ITS TIME IN A DISPLAY CABINET ALONG SIDE OTHER VINTAGE ABU BUT IT DID SEE LITTLE USE WHEN IT WAS FIRST BOUGHT.
THE REELS FOOT NUMBER IS 91-0 90-91.
THIS MODEL WAS ONLY SOLD FOR A SHORT TIME AND IT IS THE LAST OF THE OLD SCHOOL SWEDISHBUILT, HIGHQUALITY REELSTHAT HAVEALL METAL INTERNAL COMPONENTS (NO PLASTIC IN THIS REEL), EVEN COMPARED TO MODELS THAT CAME DIRECTLY AFTER THIS, THEY WERE NOT BUILT AS WELLBECAUSEABU STARTED TO USE PLASTIC PARTS INSIDE THEIR REELS.
THE 6500C SPECIAL IS QUITE A RARE MODEL ANYWAY BUT TO FIND ANOTHER ONE IN COLLECTORS CONDITION LIKE THIS REELWOULD BE NEAR ON IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS REEL HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES..
ULTRA CAST DESIGN,
PRE-INSTANT ANTI-REVERSE, HAS ANTI-REVERSE DOG,
3 STAINLESS STEEL BALL BEARINGS,
SUPER HIGH SPEED RETRIEVE,
LIPPED REEL FOOT,
PRECISION BRASS GEARS,
DUAL CAST CONTROL,
LINE OUT ALARM,
MULTI DISC STAR DRAG,
GEAR RATIO 5.3:1,
LINE CAPACITY 12LB/300 YARDS, 20LB/190 YARDS,
WEIGHT (OUNCES) 11.3,
LINE RETRIEVED PER HANDLE TURN 23 INCHES,
CODE NUMBER.. 01389.
THIS IS A VERY HIGH QUALITY, SMOOTH, SWEDISH MADE REEL THAT HAS JUST UNDERGONE A FULL STRIP AND SERVICE.
ON RE-ASSEMBLY ANEW DRAG PRESS PLATE ANDWASHERS WERE FITTED AS THE ORIGINAL WASHERS WERE BRITTLE DUE TO AGE AND THE PRESS PLATE HAD SLIGHT PITTING.
NOW THIS REEL IS MECHANICALLY 100% AGAIN.
THE COSMETIC CONDITION OF THIS REEL IS SUPERB FOR ITS AGE BUT IT DOES HAVE A FAINT SCRATCH ON ITS LEFT SIDE PLATE,THIS MARK IS LIGHT AND HAS NOT GONE THROUGH TO THE METAL UNDERNEATH,THIS CAN BE SEENON THE SECOND TO LAST PICTURE AND THERE IS ALSO A TINY MARK ON THE REELS UPPER CHROME CROSSBAR WHICH THE LEVELWIND RUNS ALONG,THIS IS VERY SMALL AND NOT EASILY NOTICABLE , CHECK THE LAST PICTURE FOR THIS.
THIS REEL COMES WITH SOME NEW SPARE PARTS SUCH AS SPRINGS ETC, I HAVE PICTURED THEM.
THE REEL ALSO COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL SCHEMATIC PLUS ANOTHERWHICH I HAVE SCANNED & PRINTED OFF, I DID THIS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO SEE PART NUMBERS AS THE ORIGINAL SCHEMATICS ARE SMALL.
THE ORIGINAL BOX FOR THIS REEL WAS UNFORTUNATELY MISPLACED A LONG TIME AGO WHEN MOVING HOUSE BUT I WILL BE SENDING IT IN A SPARE ABU BOX THAT I HAVE AND IT WILL BE WELL PACKAGED.
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