Parts of
My Collection
View my reel display case
These are in my own particular order according to groups/series of reels and/or model
numbers, not production dates. The list is not exhaustive, as not all the
modern post 80's reels interest me. This may not suit the true purist who has
managed to collect all models and needs to see them in production time
sequence. I am not a student of serial numbers and batches.
Shimomura & Skupien are the places to go to
study this.
At this point in time these will be the various examples of the 9
broad groups of
A.B.Urfabriken reel models that I have collected or am
very interested in collecting. With more resources available in future, I may be able to expand range
and approach.
I will photograph and link all as time permits . Presently I have a
sampling of about 170 reels from all 9 categories. More as time and finance
permits. Many of these rarer reel images are greatfully accepted, appreciated and
permitted to share courtesy of my good friend
Mr Effe Edfuhr
of Sweden.
I think I must eventually make a page here where our favourite long time and
perhaps battle scarred reels are featured.
Perhaps you may
like to submit an image here.
A 10th style or model is the
Combo
rod/reel Tournament caster which is very rare.
One of my friends in USA, has over 400 Ambassadeurs alone and as he moved
into the digital computer age, I am hopeful his analog database of reel
details will be moved to an electronic form which he will share here with
our huge network of ABU fans.
Very hard to keep this all up
to date but I have over 300 different ABU reels now from the 9 types!
The Tournament Caster still
eludes me, I would love to hear from you if you have one for sale or trade.
Ambassadeur Casting or Multiplier
Reeels
- ABU
50th Ann. Morrum , 2 reel collection
- ABU
50th Ann.
Record 5000 2 reel collection
- ABU Ambassadeur
75th Anniv. 5000C Chrome
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- Record Ambassadeur 5000 Red
- Record Ambassadeur 6000 Red
- Wanted Record 5000 SG
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- ABU Ambassadeur Morrum 7700CL
- ABU Ambassadeur Morrum 6600CL
- ABU Ambassadeur Morrum 5600CL
- ABU Ambassadeur Morrum 3600C
- ABU Ambassadeur Morrum SX 1600C
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- ABU Ambassadeur 7000 bevel rim (1980)
- ABU Ambassadeur 7000 grooved rim (1984)
- ABU Ambassadeur 7000 Synchro
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ABU Ambassadeur 6600 C Black Thumb-bar
- ABU Ambassadeur 6600 C Red Thumb-bar
- ABU Ambassadeur 5600 C Red
Thumbar-bar
- ABU Ambassadeur 4600 C Red
Thumbar-bar
- ABU Ambassadeur 6500 Black
Max
- ABU Ambassadeur 6000 Red
classic 4 screw
- ABU Ambassadeur
6500
Red later model
- ABU Ambassadeur 6500 Red 3 screw (foil label)
- ABU Ambassadeur 6500 Brown
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ABU Ambassadeur 6000 B Sunburst orange
- ABU Ambassadeur 6000 C Black (1973)
- ABU Ambassadeur 6000 C Black (palming plate)
- ABU Ambassadeur 5500 Red
- ABU Ambassadeur 5500 Brown
- ABU Ambassadeur 5000 C Black
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- ABU Ambassadeur 5000 Red classic 4 screw
- ABU Ambassadeur 5000 Red classic 4 screw
- ABU Ambassadeur 5000 Red classic 4 screw
- ABU Ambassadeur 5000 Red classic 4 screw
- ABU Ambassadeur 5000 A
- ABU Ambassadeur Garcia 5000 Red with foil sticker
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- Wanted ABU Ambassadeur 6500 C Gunmetal
- ABU Ambassadeur 5500 C Gunmetal Blue
- ABU Ambassadeur 4500 C Gunmetal Blue
- ABU Ambassadeur 2500 C Gunmetal Blue
- ABU Ambassadeur 1500 C
Gunmetal Blue
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- ABU Ambassadeur 4000 Red plastic sideplates
- ABU Garcia 3000
Tan plastic sideplates
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Record Casting or Multiplier Reels
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Spinning
- Record 222 green
- Record 225 Black
- Record 888
- Record 999
- Record 1000
- Record 600
- Record 700
- Does anyone have a "photo" of the
supposed Zebco Cardinal 5 for which plans exist?
- Zebco Cardinal 7X Brown
- Zebco Cardinal 7
- Zebco Cardinal 7 second model
- Zebco Cardinal 6X Brown
- Zebco Cardinal 6
- Zebco Cardinal 3
- Zebco Cardinal 4
- Zebco Cardinal 554 (last ABU/Zebco models)
- Zebco Cardinal 555 (last ABU/Zebco models)
- Zebco Cardinal 557 (last ABU/Zebco models)
- ABU Garcia Cardinal Black Max 63
- ABU Garcia Acubalance EX
- Suverian 4000
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Abumatic
- 20
- 30
- 30A
- 35
- 60
- 70
- 75
- 80 Red
- 80 Black
- 110
- 120 first release
- 120
- 130
- 135
- 136
- 140
- 141
- 145
- 150
- 152
- 155
- 160
- 170
- 175
- 220
- 270
- 280
- 290
- 320
- 330
- 350
- 360
- Special model for Ahlen&Holm
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Half Encapsulated
- 501
- 503
- 520 Garcia Export only
- 505
- 506
- 506 M
- 507
- 508
- 601 M
- 602
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Fly
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Pimpel (Ice Fishing)
- Pimpel 01 (Stick model for children)
- Pimple 1 (Stainless wire tip)
- Pimple 1 (Plastic tip)
- Pimpel 2 (Stainless wire tip)
- Record 15 Prototype and uncataloged)
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Mooching Reels
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One day in
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LEFT
All nine size
Ambassadeurs except the 4500.
Vintage early 90's
Some sold with
reproduction Cardinal 33
24 kt Gold plated in
Teak display case.
Dream on ..........
Many people only collect Mint/Boxed reels and to see and to handle these items
in such condition must truly be delightful, "transporting" one to a time
many decades earlier when attitudes toward quality at any cost was the
primary consideration rather than market share.
I personally have few in
this pristine condition, due to their high purchase cost. To quote the last
words of our famous bushranger Ned
Kelly, "Such is Life" ; but so long as the
reel is a complete and fully working example of the marque, then I also can
be "transported" in time, imagining the titanic battles some of these reels
would have contended with during their lifetime.
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