![]() ![]() Also, the company’s line of spinning reels (acquired from Langley) was clearly not as high quality as the Cardinals. While Zebco had always made a quality product, they had great difficulty overcoming the attitude of fishing professionals that these were not reels for the serious fisherman. Borgstrom had obtained permission from Tom Lenk, president of Garcia, to find another distributor.įor Zebco this was a golden opportunity. Garcia was unable to distribute the reels because of contractual obligations with Mitchell. In 1966 Lennart Borgstrom visited Zebco with two new reels, the Cardinals 66 and 77. ![]() The people of both companies remained good friends over the years and the Garcia company became exclusive distributor of the Ambassadeur as well as their Mitchell spinning reels made by the Carpano Pons Co. Urfabriken needed a distributor in north america and offered this to Zebco which had to decline because they were so involved in getting their own product off the ground. They compared their products in private, the Ambassadeur 5000 and the Zebco model 33 both of which are still in production more than fifty years later. Hull, the inventor of the spin-casting reel, went to the AFTMA (American Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Association) show in Chicago and met Gote and Lennart Borgstrom who were also attending for the first time. Lafferty who joined the company as eastern sales manager. to James Donoghue of Denver Colorado and George Sumers of New York. Urfabriken and the other was the sale of the Zero Hour Bomb Co. One was the introduction of the Ambassadeur 5000 by A.B. I think the relationship first started in 1952 with two events. He has also given me a copy of the ORCA article by Col Milt Lorens outlined the existence of the Zebco Cardinal 5. Many thanks my friend! Now these can be shared with all who are interested. They are a beautiful Zebco Cardinal 3, 4, 7 the full set of tan Cardinal 554, 555 and 557 spinning reels as well as some associated spares. I have secured mine!Ĭlinton has recently gifted to me many items of Zebco nature, which I feel so fortunate to now be able to share with you here. ![]() Buy his book personally from him at Ben Wright ] before the last 39 of 500 total print run disappear forever. Very shortly we will have access to much more information (both text and pictures) with respect to the ABU/Garcia/Zebco relationship in the USA. I have been fortunate enough to have been taken under the wing of both Clinton Beeler above as well as noted USA spinning reel expert and much aclaimed author of "The Wright Guide for the Reel Man" Ben Wright ! I don't think he intends to change of his book from "reel" to "real" in his next edition of the book. Mr Clinton Beeler is bringing me up to speed on this interesting expansion to ABU's products in the USA. ABU's obvious build quality led to the development of symbiotic relationships in other countries, one of which I'm just beginning to learn about now, ie Zebco in the USA. ![]()
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