WHAT YEAR IS MY ABU REEL

[greenway2003]

HI MY FIRST POST.
i have purchased a reel on ebay and dont no when it was made the details are:

abu 6000
red
single small black handle
levelwind
the real seat is ribed but has no number on base.

anybody help me please,thanks

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[SWIM JIG]

I too have one of these with no sn on the foot, has the countrbalanced handle, red in color and a flat tail plate with 3 srews. has a rather unique large thumb screws on the take down side, and a rather wide spool! The foot on this one has and looks like small squares imbeded into the foot posibly to have a firmer grip on the rod seat? Well at least i am not alone on this style, and there is a book out on ambasodor reels wich I have loaned out so i cannot tell you what it says. Note i purchased my reel from Old dealer stock, and i was the first retail sale on this reel, Posible factory mistake? Respectfuly Col. Milton Lorens aka SWIM JIG Amherst Ohio USA

[greenway2003]

thanks for your post would the book be

"Vintage Fishing Reels of Sweden"

if so does anybody else have this book and could look it up for me many thanks.

[kalamareels]

In Simon Shimorura's "Ambassadeur and I" book, he says that many of the earlier 6000's were produced without serial number, had single counter balanced handle and were engraved "Abu Ambassadeur " insignia.
A clicker was added after initial production but no change in model numberwas made . Simon goes on to say that many records were lost relative to the serial numbers as there isn't any documentation. Simon's book is known for its in-depth study of serial numbers of Ambass. He shows the Ambass. 6000 produced 1956-57. See page 62.