ABU 8500 AMBASSADEUR SEA FISHING REEL BLUE SWEDEN CLASSIC VINTAGE 1973 GWO

ABU AMBASSADEUR MODEL 8500  (DARK BLUE ) AMBASSADEUR THIS IS MADE IN SWEDEN , RARE MODEL , THIS WAS MADE IN 1973, I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN LATE 1975, IT HAS ORIGINAL ENAMEL PAINT WORK WITH SOME MARKS ETC FROM USE, NO CORROSION I THINK IT HAS BRASS SIDEPLATES . IT IS IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER MECHANICLY , SMOOTH TO OPERATE AND A DELIGHT TO USE.I USED THIS MAINLY FOR SKATE , COD  BASS FISHING FROM A BOAT IN THE DEEP WATER AND THE BANKS IN THE KNOCK JOHN  CHANNEL BY THE RED SANDS AND SHIVERING SANDS FORTS LOCATED IN THE LOWER THAMES ESTURY, AND A COUPLE OF TIMES OFF DOVER BREAKWATER.ALTHOUGH IT DOES HAVE SOME MARKS IT IS PROBERLY BETTER THAN THE FEW THAT ARE OUT THERE, AS IT WAS A RARE REEL EVEN IN ITS DAY AS MOST PEOPLE OPTED FOR THE 9000.I WILL NEVER USE IT AGAIN SO RELUCTANTLY SELLING IT FOR EITHER A COLLECTOR OR SOMEONE TO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF USING IT AGAIN