A Special Friend to Fans of ABU Garcia!
Wallace Carney
Contact Wallace [support@mitchellreels.net]
I met Wallace about a year
ago and through our exchanges, we learned to respect each others attributes and
our attempts to openly and freely record fishing history for posterity sake,
rather than trying to make a dollar. Wallace is purely a Mitchell fishing reel historian
with Garcia connections and has been a great help to myself and other ABU fans.
He saw what I was doing with
my ABU website and immediately offered help.
This resulted in hundreds of
images being scanned and given to me from old Garcia annuals dating back to the
50's.
You can see these
old advertizing images here.
Wallace freely did this to
help me , despite his passion being all things Mitchell!
Wallace's new Mitchell 70th anniversary book is available from
Dr Todd's
Whitefish Press
His
fine site will appeal to many collectors who also collect Mitchell as well as
ABU.
We continued to correspond
and the latest help Wallace has been to me (and all you ABU fans out there), is
to become involved in the sharing of old Garcia film archives which will be
re-mastered from 16mm film, onto DVD.
You Tube seems to be the
obvious host for these magnificent moments in ABU history!
Whatever you specific
interest in Fishing is , I guarantee you will be captivated by this slice of
history.
Wallace spends untold hours
perfecting these films for our enjoyment.
He is has had made a limited
number and is selling 100 copies at US $39.99 in either NTSC or PAL video
formats from home to recover partial costs of several thousands of
dollars .
Be quick before they are
gone!
The Garcia Story Film Excerpt circa 1961
Garcia Conolon Factory Film on Making Fiberglass Rods
Johnny Dieckmann (World Champion Caster) demonstrates Ambassadeur 5000 Baitcaster.
1956
Next is
Johnny-Dieckman-Demonstrates-Fly-Casting
Last is
Johnny Dieckman-Demonstrates Spin Casting
We fans, are all indebted to your selfless efforts to locate, restore and share
this wonderful ABU and Garcia and Mitchell information Wallace!
Best
details about Wallace are here
Go see
the link to his Mitchell Museum here.
More to follow I'm sure!
If
you are a person that has significantly had an effect on
design/development/testing of ABU equipment over the years please contact me
wayne@realsreels.com
if you wish your contribution documented for posterity and the immediate
interest of the ABU fans worldwide!