NOS reel parts and reels, I am new to ORCA please read

[Ron Shephard]

I am a new member here at ORCA and would like to introduce myself. My name is Ron Shephard. I have recently purchased the fishing tackle contents of a hardware store that closed down in 1985. It has been stored for 28 years in an old barn. A good part of the contents are NOS reel parts. I have started a list of the parts I have. The parts are for reels dating as far back as the 1960. The following is a list of manufacturers of parts I have so far:

MITCHELL, SHAKESPEARE, SOUTH BEND & SHIMANO. I have a few others but not as much inventory. If your interested in a list send me an email and I'll send it out to you asap. Also I have a large number of reels, I have yet to inventory them and will try to have a list within the next few weeks. My inventory is as much as 400,000 parts for reels. I am not completely finished the list but will be in the next couple of weeks. The chances of me having your part is pretty good. I try to keep the cost to 50% of retail if your buying in bulk. If your looking for the odd peace or two, the cost is around 65% of retail (any online source).

The majority of parts are for Shimano, apx 200,000 parts. I am interested in selling all these parts in one lot if anyone is interested.There from the ML Series and and the Bantam series of reels.

Some of the parts i want to keep to repair the reels I want for my own collection, or for the reels for repairs to resale.

I will be putting a list of rods together shortly, there's apx 3,000 total.

If your looking for any of the above parts or reels, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at 705-728-0993.

Thank you,
Ron Shephard