DAM Quick 330

[PaulLuikart]

Hello, all. I just got (and just took apart) a DAM Quick 330. Just getting to know the brand, though. I see that they were made in West Germany, and in some of my looking around, I even read West Berlin. I guess, in terms of when it was made, that'd be sometime before 1989/Berlin Wall falling, but wondered if anybody could give a more accurate date and a more specific location where it might've been made. Many thanks!

[Midway Tommy D]

DAM regrouped after WWII and later opened a new factory in 1955 in West Berlin (Postal Code SW68).

The 330 is an updated version of original Finessa 280 & 285. General manufacture dates were:
280......1956 - '59
285......1960 - '66
330 4 screw side plate....1966 - '70
330 3 screw side plate.... 1971 - '73
330N.....1974 - '82
3000......1978 & '79
3001......1980 - '82

The 280 & 285 came with metal spools. The 330 came with a plastic spool. The 280, 285 & 330 spools will all interchange. The 330N spool will only work/fit on the 330N reel.

[PaulLuikart]

This is great! Thank you!

[kyreels]

The ORCA Library has several DAM catalogs in this period if you want to narrow it down further.