Their gear ratio was 4.66:1 as opposed to the 6000’s 3.5:1. The ‘5’ in 6500 came when, in 1973, the high-speed 500s were introduced. Today, a 6000 has one bush and one bearing – easily upgraded by replacing the bush with a bearing. A ‘C’ in the title meant that the bushes had been replaced by two ball bearings. In the past, a straight 6000 was a reel where the spool shaft ran on bronze bushes. I’ll now quickly explain the model classifications.
The side plates and internal mechanisms are the same but the 6500 lends itself to modifications, upgrading and conversions much better than any other Ambassadeur in the range. The only difference between the 4500, 55 Ambassadeurs is their spool width. The third reel is the current 6500C3CT Mag Elite, which is an ultra-cast model fitted with both magnet and centrifugal braking systems. The second is the black 6000c, circa 1973, which is a ball bearing model. The first is the original red 6000, circa 1953, which is a basic baitcaster with bushes. Braided line was immediately relegated to something your grandfather toted in his battered wooden box.To illustrate the point I have chosen three 6000 size Abu classic Ambassadeurs from different eras.
During the late 1950s, mono pointed straight (even while stretching) to the future. An adjustable star drag regulated the tension on the outgoing line against the locked handle.Īnd, unlike the sputtering freewheelers, the Ambassadeur 5000 with its plastic spool and centrifugal brake was the first casting reel that could handle the introduction of springy monofilament line. It boasted a patented centrifugal brake to control the windmilling spool during the cast and an anti-reverse mechanism to eliminate backspinning during the retrieve. The import, distributed as the Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000, incorporated a push-button free-spool design that disengaged the spool from the handle. The red abu ambassadeur 5000, imported from Sv¿¿ngsta, Sweden, by AB Urfabriken, debuted in the United States at the 1954 New York World’s Fair (ABU’s European precursor to the Ambassadeur was the Record series).
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