AJH wrote in message
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No skirted spool, no instant anti-reverse, no silent anti reverse, no
big anti twist line roller. no bad for a 70's reel. no good fror
2004.JMO

I have a model 3 and a 4. The non-skirted spools were never a problem. The
non-silent anti-reverse is a major annoyance. The 3 is a terrible
line-twister, while the 4 never gave me a line problem. Unfortunately, some
of today's reels with the vaunted anti-twist line rollers have worse twist
than some reels without an anti-twist feature. Other than the twist on the
3, the only problem using these Cardinals today is fishing with the
anti-reverse disengaged; that backfires on me every once in a while.
Nevertheless, I never quite understood why these reels had a cult-like
following.