THE FLAWS are as follows:1)The spool release button or lever does not stay engaged when pressed.You must hold your thumb on it continuously to allow the spool to be free and spin as in casting.I'm sure an experienced reel repair person could fix this problem.2)The next flaw is the usual boat rash on the top of the reel,not excessive but it does have light spots on top. Will ship within 3 WORKING days insured with tracking info.VINTAGE ABU GARCIA AMBASSADEUR 5000 Bait Casting Reel with Matching Numbered Display Box - Made in Sweden! SWEET!!!! The reel and box is in good cosmetic condition for their age. Please no auction cancellations, money back or returns.

Note: Handle Nut, screw head type, clicker, black high capacity spool, Ambassadeur side plate emblem crest color, and attachment, big star drag, internal clicker wheel. Check out all pictures, because they are part of the discription. These 4-screw frame reels with clicker are becoming very scarce. ABU may have waited until the bait clicker was installed some time in 1966 before justifying the cost of having box tops and display cards labeled 'Ambassadeur 5000B.' The handle nut version on the 5000B stamped 'oil' twice, were manufactured in 19 only. Other than having a counter balance handle, the 5000B is essentially a 5000/5000A model in appearance. The 5000B also shared sequential serial numbers with the 50A model until late 1971 when lot numbers took over and serial numbers were discontinued. The side plate was not engraved 'B' until eleven years later in 1975.

Although early models without the clicker appeared nearly identical to the 50A series, one could recognize the 5000B by its combination of counter balance handle with large single white knob, and the large capacity solid black spool. This is the model most people generally refer to as 'The 5000 with a clicker.' For approximately the first 2 years of production it did not come assembled with a bait click button. The Ambassadeur 5000B 5000B was new in 1964. Vintage Early Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000 ( B ) Very Rare 4/Screw w/Clicker 1966. Item: 273692769580 Vintage Early Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000 ( B ) Very Rare 4/Screw w/Clicker 1966.

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