Fin Nor Prodution date

[new guy]

hello,

I have been collecting and using
Fin Nor tycoon & light trolling reels.
I also have a few of the old spinning reels.

How can i identify the date of manufacture.

Some reels are silver anodized and some are gold.

Is there a way to tell how old they are?

[SWIM JIG]

cool-thumb yay-banana USA To contact FIN NOR phone 1-910-350-0494 or look at their web site ( )or write them at FIN-NOR 302-A Raleigh St Wilmington NC. 28412 ask for Greg Onslow in repair he can contact you with the dates they were made! hope this helps! Col. milton Lorens aka SWIM JIG in Chilly OHIO

[Dr. Rob]

You know, I was hoping for more replies to this thread. I've also become a little more interested in Fin-Nor recently, not leastly what they were doing in the mid 1960's.

Info is a little hard to come by since they changed owners and names pretty often, ending with three or four owners in the decade up to Raiford Trask / Cape Fear.

Anybody ?

[Brian F.]

You know, I was hoping for more replies to this thread.

Could be because they are just not as popular with collectors or so specialized that only very few are interested in them as collectibles.

[Ben]

Hi, I don't know much about the fly reel but the models 3 and 4
open face spinning reels were introduced in 1958 and were
manufactured untill 1970. they are highly collectible and sell
for between $400.00 and $500.00
hope this info is of help to you.
Ben

[Brian F.]

I was referring to the trolling reels!