1. Top, 5000...bought new, serial # 760104, change to a hi-speed gear, which you could be in those days......still a great reel, but right handed....caught lot's of steelhead and salmon.

2. middle 5000.....has the old double handles, serial number 740903...not as good as mine but still a hell of a reel.

3. Bottom 5000D....Serial number 750407.....probably as smooth as my 5000 but ohhhhh my did I learn.....how it got its "famous name"...wack, wack, wack
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