During all my years of collecting, Simon has been the biggest influence in my collecting life and I wish to thank him for that very much. That's the day I knew if I wanted to collect them, I had to learn about them. It was a mutt! It had the wrong style handle, wrong type pillar screws for that year’s model, and so on. He was very kind to me as he explained what was wrong with a 5000 I found in the field. In 1995, about the time I realized I wanted to collect these reels seriously, I met Simon Shimomura at the Houston, Texas NFLCC show. I used a Mitchell 300 until I was about thirteen or fourteen, when my father decided it was time for me to take the next step- an Ambassadeur 5000! From then on, it would be an Ambassadeur that went on all my fishing trips. One of my father’s favorite reels was the Ambassadeur 6000. In the 1960s and 70s, Galveston, Texas was where my family spent its free time. As a young boy, my father frequently took me fishing. My introduction to collecting tackle started with lures and quickly spread to reels. My name is Fred and I've collected Ambassadeur reels since late 1994. Original/Reproductions: Plates, Decals, Handles, etc. Serial # in the 400,000s.Table of Contents (Click on links) 5000 De Luxe #223: Where Have You Been? Just a little more info that may help, its a 3 screw, right side reel design. What kinds of cleaning oil and tools should I use. My question is what should I do to clean this up and what should I be careful with besides the obvious not losing parts and forcing things to move that should but may not want to. The drag and brake knobs are hard to move (to be expected) but mechanically seem very solid overall given being submerged for God knows how long. I opened it slightly and it has a decent amount of dirt inside. I want to get this reel in working condition because I know they are great solid reels and I have the ability to do it and want to do it myself. Still has very solid red color and minimal rust from what I can tell inside and out. It was strung with what appears to be older braided line that is very thick compared to what I'm used to seeing. A coworker, who doesn't fish, found an Abu 5000 in his parents pond and let me have it and I gave him a few bucks for it.
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