If it’s one of yours Wal, you distressed it afterwards!Wallys-Cast wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 12:53 pmOh, I do a canny job Phil.Duckett wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:29 amWallys-Cast wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:02 amIts not one of my respray jobs is it Phil.Duckett wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2023 11:31 pmWal, mate, this one will give you a headache ……….. I have a black Rapidex with a chrome foot!Wallys-Cast wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:22 pm A question I have often pondered is why the silver rapidex got a nice chrome foot but the black version was just painted. And if it's because the silver one was thought of as the deluxe version, why didn't the silver trudex get a chrome foot.
There now work that one out.
Wal.
Phil
Looks untouched to my eyes Wal!
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Well that certainly looks original to me Phil. Nice example and the first I have seen with a chrome foot.
Of course the foot could have been nicked from a silver one haha.
Of course the foot could have been nicked from a silver one haha.
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Good point that Wal. The chromed feet are so much better that, if I ever came across a trashed Trudex or Rapidex with one, I’d be sorely tempted to do just that for my other examples. I don’t think the screws on this have ever been undone but I could never be certain!Wallys-Cast wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:44 pm Well that certainly looks original to me Phil. Nice example and the first I have seen with a chrome foot.
Of course the foot could have been nicked from a silver one haha.
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Trudex has a different type of foot Phil but you do see a lot of Rapidex reels going cheap, usually with knackered spools and cages. Something else to keep an eye out for.Duckett wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:37 pmGood point that Wal. The chromed feet are so much better that, if I ever came across a trashed Trudex or Rapidex with one, I’d be sorely tempted to do just that for my other examples. I don’t think the screws on this have ever been undone but I could never be certain!Wallys-Cast wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:44 pm Well that certainly looks original to me Phil. Nice example and the first I have seen with a chrome foot.
Of course the foot could have been nicked from a silver one haha.
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Cheers Wal!Wallys-Cast wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:58 pmTrudex has a different type of foot Phil but you do see a lot of Rapidex reels going cheap, usually with knackered spools and cages. Something else to keep an eye out for.Duckett wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:37 pmGood point that Wal. The chromed feet are so much better that, if I ever came across a trashed Trudex or Rapidex with one, I’d be sorely tempted to do just that for my other examples. I don’t think the screws on this have ever been undone but I could never be certain!Wallys-Cast wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:44 pm Well that certainly looks original to me Phil. Nice example and the first I have seen with a chrome foot.
Of course the foot could have been nicked from a silver one haha.
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