

It boasted a patented centrifugal brake to control the windmilling spool during the cast and an anti-reverse mechanism to eliminate backspinning during the retrieve.

The import, distributed as the Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5000, incorporated a push-button free-spool design that disengaged the spool from the handle.

The red abu ambassadeur 5000, imported from Sv¿¿ngsta, Sweden, by AB Urfabriken, debuted in the United States at the 1954 New York World’s Fair (ABU’s European precursor to the Ambassadeur was the Record series).
