skinny Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 looking for info and offers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 The CAP was a budget model, about 2/3 the price of the 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 I have "Lawson's Price Guide To Old Fishing Reels" in my hand, do you want to know what it says, or keep it a mystery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny Posted August 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 tell me please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esoxansteel Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 I have a mint Mitchell Cap 304, on my mantel with other old reels, the CAP was similar in appearance to the Luxor of the same era, like the 300 series they were state of the art at that time, and there are a good number of both CAPs and 300s in existence today, and unlike companies who discontinue making parts on reels 5 years after the reels have been discontinued , parts for those reels are still readily available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Mitchell CAP, open faced spinning reel, France, excellent condition, value $26 (2001) if it was a Mitchell Hugh Big Game 7", it would be $1045 I inherited a big bunch of old reels, I was disappointed to find out what they are worth, I'm going to keep them anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Nice find. My pop has a few. Some his and the others my grandfathers. Price is not a matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 The guy next door has a Luxor that will be in garbage shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckrb2007 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 About 5yrs ago I bought a 5gallon pail full of old reels for $15 at a yard sale in Barrie. If I remember, there were 10 Zebco Cardinal 4's in there along with a bunch of Mitchell 300's and 301's.....all in very good condition. Needless to say, I had a good couple weeks on ebay and in BC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny Posted August 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 1954: The "Cap 54." The first full bail. Round aluminum winder knob replaced by flattened plastic knob. The first with planamatic gears (which leads to a short rant - as near as I can tell all the round bodies from this time on, including the first 304's, had planamatic gearing. It was only the later model 304's and 340 that abandoned it, so it is incorrect to say that the 314 is a 304 with changed gearing as everyone does. The later model 304's have the changed gearing, the 314's remained true to the end.) Reel 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny Posted August 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 found the above info on the reel I'm pretty sure thats it I see it has some first's on it and lasts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck2fan Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Brings back some memories for me. I got a mitchell 304 as a hand me down from my dad. Great reel it always sounded like you were grinding forks in a garbage disposal but it never failed me LOL. Probably still works if I could find it among the bag of other reels I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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