Non-Interchangeable Parts: If your reel foot says 01 and you buy a part from an 00 schematic, it may look identical but be off by a fraction of a millimeter
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Simon has said, "It's a continual process to find the two sequential serial numbers that define the frame change from 4-screw to 3-screw." My serial number research and supporting 6000C evidence continues to lead me to January 1968 as the date of the frame change
Shellbelly Advanced Board Poster Posts: 246 Joined: Thu May 20, 2021 2:21 pm Re: Tinkering Ambassadeur 1500C to throw 1/16 oz Ron Mc Star Board Poster Posts: 3459 Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:49 am Location: downtown Bulverde, Texas Contact: Re: Tinkering Ambassadeur 1500C to throw 1/16 oz Through the 80s and into the 90s, the San Gabriel was MY river
I opt to use the less minty ones first, rounding the spools' lips, drilling my standard 0.8mm line-keeper hole in the rim, give them a gentle tidy with some wire wool - the skirt of the spools have tiny nicks and scratches that bore smoothing, and one of said has a patch of corrosion on the inside surface
