Sealey Rover

Loop Erimder · Post by **Loop Erimder** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:09 am

AshbyCut wrote:
Dave Burr wrote:Just how old are you Mal
A Gentleman never tells !!!

64 next March

Nobby · Post by **Nobby** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:55 pm

Ah, Mal also has an illustration showing the Rover and Octofloat de-Luxe being offered for sale at the same time and the prices show the Rover as substantially more expensive....I'd love to know why!...and it's probably why the Rover was eventually dropped...too expensive, perhaps?

I guess that puts the rod as very early Sixties, more likely late Fifties.

Which is a surprise to me as the Rover used that hard-to-find pale yellowy-green colour that some later rods had in the mid-Sixties.

Nobby · Post by **Nobby** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:46 pm

Ask and ye shall recieve, Dave...just listed on eBay today. Proof that your rod dates from 1958 onwards.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... SS:GB:1120

I hadn't thought anodising appeared on rods until the late Sixties....

AshbyCut · Post by **AshbyCut** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:26 pm

I'd just bought that leaflet before I saw your post Nobby, Sir !!!

Dave ... when it arrives I'll scan it for you.

Nobby · Post by **Nobby** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:07 am

I was tempted too, Mal!

I'm afraid I shamelessley lifted a couple of the images though.....

Now. We must find out why the Rover was so dear to buy!

Mushy · Post by **Mushy** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:29 am

I see the Floatcaster DL was described as the best CHEAP bottom rod on the market

and now its elevated to a much higher status ! come on Marco Test out you come again, all is forgiven

AshbyCut · Post by **AshbyCut** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:43 am

As promised ... I've scanned the leaflet which arrived this morning ... and put it in this thread :-

viewtopic.php?f=271&t=13993

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