Is the Medalist 1494DA considered a vintage reel? I've noticed from surfing around that they don't seem to be as sought after as other models.
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Posts: 4232 01/14/2009 21:41 Moderator |
DA are the latest of the American made Pflueger Medalists I believe.
The older ones are more collectable because of the metal latch plates, round line guards etc. Pete
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Posts: 6639 01/14/2009 21:57 Bulldog1935 |
The DA is Shakespeare date code for 1970. It was made from that date to 81, so if you consider older than 50 years as vintage, this is a "venerable"
reel.
the rods are never obsolete - the marketing is.
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Posts: 6 03/07/2009 21:39 |
Thanks, Bulldog: I noticed the bidding wasn't too heavy on the DA's. So, 50 years is what is considered vintage? I'm not up on that stuff. I just
like the idea of buying something from an era in this country when there was pride in building good products. I come from coal mines and steel mills--those
guys were proud men. Most of them took great pride in hard work.
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Posts: 7084 03/07/2009 21:45 Bulldog1935 |
I'm sure you did well - they're very nice reels.
And you're welcome.
the rods are never obsolete - the marketing is.
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Posts: 161 03/08/2009 11:22 |
Oh no...I'm going to be VINTAGE in 2 months time...
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