The Hardy Clones are fun to use and collect. Be aware, though, as Bulldog notes, that tolerances change. This is because firms like Seiko, Olympic, Berkley, Heddon, etc., changed _their own_ suppliers within the existing model lines over the years that they offered these highly useful and utilitarian reels.
I have, for example, early and late examples of the Berkley 530, 540, and 550 (featherweight, lightweight, and princess clones) reels. The spools are _not_ interchangeable because you can tell that the suppliers to Berkley of these reels changed between the early (1960s) and late (1970s) versions of the same reels. Both sets of reels work nicely, mind you. (Also, the springs and pawls can be replaced with Hardy items.)
A quick identifier between the early and late series is that the early ones say assembled in the US from parts made in Japan on the reel foot. The late reels say simply Japan on the reel foot.
The early and late Heddons (I have those, too) also have the same distinguishing feature on the reel foot. The Heddon equivalent numbers are, of course, 300, 310, and 320.
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